EASA is nothing more than a blatant Franco Kraut effort to take over more of everyone's national responsibility.
There is no reason, benefit or justification to issue Cabin Crew or Flight Despatcher licenses other than :
1. A slight perceived status enhancement - hey, I've got a licence, I must be a professional.
(Rubbish, because most of these people are very professional and don't need an ego stroke!)
2. Supposed ability to move across Europe to do the same job, Yeah, well theoretically we can do that anyhow [anyone tried??]
3. Enables EASA to take hold of the regulatory powers. This is a creeping takeover, they will grab all responsibility, they are based in Cologne, bloody miles from anywhere, and will not have sufficient staff to do the job (and probably not very good staff anyway, because the payrates are set very low!) What they will then do is devolve power back to the national authorities, but clearly be in a position of ultimate power.
All this will cost a fortune without actually producing any benefits except for the French / German view of centralising more power towards the United States of Europe.
Who will pay? Well, the EU subs will doubtless go up, the punter will pay more for his ticket, and we aircrew will be jumping through hoops no longer set by the CAA. I'm not a CAA apologist, but at least you know where they are and how to get in touch with them. Cologne!!!!!???!!!
