I'm astonished at this thread.
There's a move afoot to put the operation of the rear 9/10 of the aircraft on a much firmer regulatory footing, to establish a level playing field across Europe to ensure that there is less unfair competition through skimping of training, and it gets a rant against the French and Germans in terms that wouldn't be surprising in the pages of "The Sun"???
It is not enough to state that your operation is safe. You must be able to prove that it is safe. To this end, you should have to provide training to your cabin crew to an agreed framework. If that member of cabin crew then wants to go and work elsewhere in Europe, they can produce a licence that shows they have been trained to that standard, without having to go through the full 6-week (or however long) course.
Aircraft operators should welcome this move throughtout the JAA (or EASA) states. It will cut down on training costs (you don't have to retrain peopel already trained by someone else), it will provide a far greater degree of protection against the rogue operators out there, it will assure passengers of the professionalism of the crew looking after their interests, it will provide much-needed good Public Relations for the industry.
I hope to goodness that the Cabin Crew unions demand the government reverse their apparent opposition to these plans.