Bokomoko, your sun is entitled to work and live in any EU country. Just make sure you get a SCANIA full of money to get the JAA licence!!
(and that he learn at least another language aside from English)
PJ, interesting point of view, but I am sure there are more professions that can’t take foregein people in LA? My father works in the Ship industry and he never naturalized as a Brazilian (I have both Dutch and Brazilian) and never found this to be a problem. I was thinking that maybe this is a cultural issue as our CAA is ruled by the military since the first days of aviation there in Brazil, they could say that is a matter of national security - I am not justifying it, just my point of view - although that would be a reason for not letting my father work in the ship industry as this one is also regulated by the Navy, so…
As for the EU system being better? I don’t know, but a lot of our colleagues here think different and its always a sensitive topic around here.