Originally Posted by DFC
How often have you asked to see the engineer's licence when they signed the tech log?
Having a licence or the approval issued from an Authority through an approved organisation makes little difference in CAT ops.
Any European wide licence or approval makes moving employment easier throughout Europe. That would be one big part of the idea. Of course if one is limited to speaking English then perhaps one's language limitations could make any pan-European qualification meaningless and hence something to be derided.
Regards,
DFC
The avowed intention of a pan European standard of engineer licencing was to increase standards,unfortunately & inevitably some NAA's standards have been diluted in implementing the 'level playing field'
The new part 66 licence 'is' portable within Europe & English is already the language of maintenance (if not love).
The new authorised signatory scheme (ie unlicensed!) will further degrade flight safety & is purely a commercial expedient to head off the forecast shortage of licenced engineers.