Originally Posted by
Old King Coal
Obtaining a UK CAA License (on the back of ones 'foreign' license) is one thing... but also required is the right to live & work in the UK (assuming that's where the G reg aircraft that one's going to fly is based) and obtaining the former does not, necessarily, beget the latter.
Well yes, that's exactly the point. The idea that making the licence transfer stupidly expensive, time consuming and stressful beause that "protects British pilot jobs for British pilots" and "stops European pilots from just transfering their EASA to a CAA and stealing jobs" doesn't really stand up.