JAR Licence - issuing state an issue?
I am looking at converting my ICAO ATPL to a JAA one.
I notice that companies such as BA state that they require a UK issued JAA licence - what's this all about?
I thought that the purpose of JAA was to have a harmonised system across Europe. It seems absurd and paradoxical to differentiate between a UK issued JAA licence and any other member state issued JAA licence. Surely this is an unfair labour practice since it discriminates again pilots with licences issued by other JAA states?
Since I was not intending to do my training in the UK it concerns me that companies are discriminating against non-UK issued JAR licences.
Can you imagine how ridiculous this would be in any other field?
eg. Engineer required / must have UK issued engineering degree