[ - I remember standing in gatwick next to an eastern european bloke who could barely string a sentence together in english, and the CAA hapily converted his national license for him, all because his country just joined the EU, he told me he was off to join easyjet!!! Go figure?????
A thread of sense CORKLAD, particularly with regard to the almost non existent English language ability (or lack thereof ) of your Eastern European that now can fly any aircraft registered in the EU (spit!) anywhere in the world.
the Irish CAA (IAA) are taking a sensible and pragmatic view of a scarcity of well qualified and competent pilots.
Long may it last!