''Apartheid'' !!
Well said , 3605.... , it is amazing in this day and age of the EU , level playing fields blah blah blah , that only in UK does nationality never matter in aviation.
If you have EU passport , relevant type rating , hours etc , you will edge out any poor Brit trying to make it in his home country. Can we make this same policy all over the EU ? Or can we all put up the same barriers instead ,just like the bad old days..which seem not to have gone away on the continent?
Sadly ,it always seems to be Pilots Unions which are causing the problems . If Balpa tried to enforce Nationality-based restrictions in the UK they would be hit by a ton of legislation. Why does this not apply elsewhere ? We all know which countries Union is causing the over-60's pilots to be prevented from freedom to ply their trade .Why is it allowed to happen ?
Its all cobblers.