Wow, saw a Continental parked in LHR earlier today. Surely, their pilots are JAR licenced?
No, seriously, 2close: Air NZ crews London based are NZ licenced, Quantas australian, US carrier crews FAA.
And some of the pilots of my company are Icelandic and some German licenced (both didn't bother to swap it to JAR yet) and they still go to the UK.
F900: Even more so with a family, it has always been more difficult to get a job on an FAA licence, as many more hours are required.
May I suggest to try to get a JAA initial in one of the other states? If you don't pass, many CAAs wouldn't bother to pass the information on. Will take 4 or 5 hours without appointment. And the initial can be had for well under 100 GBP.
Curious to know how the IAA decided...