Well guys
When I wrote "clever", it was meant to be ironic ... Okey ?
The DGAC is the worst administration to deal with, but I stick with my previous statements :
- You don't need any degree to apply to a french Airline (I think you are confusing with the Air France Ab initio system ... )
-You can technically fly in France with a CAA issued JAR licence, provided you receive the DGAC approval, and therefore apply to the pilot pension system, The CRPNAC : Caisse de Retraite du Personnel Navigant de l'Aviation Civile. I know it, because I have a CAA CPL/IR, I am working in France, and I am awaiting this DGAC approval.
-Maybe the french medical system doesn't comply with JAA requirement, but you can always renew your medical at a CAA/JAA approved GP ..... In Le Bourget, where I do it yearly.
In the end of the day, you receive a JAA stamped medical, and the DGAC can't refuse it.
I don't pretend I know better the story than others, I just give you my every day experience on the subject, do what you want with it, I just meant to help .... if you don't believe me , well, you can still look for a job elsewhere, As far as am concerned, I have one.