Hi Biggles,
I doubt if ICAO would introduce anything so specific.
As for the FAA having no choice, countries can deviate from ICAO SARPs - they merely need to advise ICAO of the deviation and lets face it, it's the USA we are talking about here; these days they hardly pay attention to world opinion or even international law on any other matter (e.g. Iraq, Kyoto).
I take it you're referring to Dr Tony Evans, in which case that is a line of approach worth considering.
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