Originally Posted by
NoelEvans
Stop being so 'precious'!
There are many, many professions where moving from one country to another requires even more than just sitting a few exams! Depending on the country, I know of nurses, pharmacists, accountants and lawyers who face huge retraining and exams to be accepted in another country. If you want to move to another country for a job, just do what is required in that country and quit moaning about it! (I feel that I am entitled to say just that having sat the full ATPL exams in two different countries. I just got on and did it!)
5 years ago the UK CAA was a pillar of the EASA regulations. Overnight they switched to “EASA? What’s that?”. So your examples do not make sense.