Ahh yes. The usual rant from a British LAE.
Beauties like "The options are either the CAA lower their requirements in line with the rest of europe or we just put up and shut up." just reinforces the impression that either Brits have a inflated view of their licence or they have no idea how it is done in other European countries. Or a bit of both.
I have worked with Swedish, Norwegian, American, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Philipino, Malaysian, Indonesian, Irish, Danish, Dutch, Belgian, Brazilian, Canadian, Iranian, Indian, Pakistani and Sri Lankan ground engineers. And more I have forgotten where came from. I have even worked with Brits.
And let me tell you that on average those with a UK CAA issued licence were no better or worse than anybody else.