jurassic
I returned to the Great White North a number of years ago. If what you say is the current reality, then things have changed. That's good news for those who will return in the years ahead.
As for my foreign licence, I was req'd by the local State regs to do the usual sim visits every six months, route checks and base checks, PPC and IR renewal all documented in my "certified" logbook. I even had a British CAA TRE/IRE offer to do my Cdn checks which TC promptly rejected.
When I got back, the only exceptions to the regs were Cdn Air Force pilots trained to Instrument Standards (or something like that) and Second Officers employed by Air Carriers requiring S/Os. Thems the facts, gleaned whilst arguing with Personnel Licencing in two regional offices and HQ back in the day.
Sounds like it's better today than it was back then. At least some things imporve.
