I suspect IO that given the choice, most people would opt for 7 written exams rather than a single exam on the entire syllabus followed by a 1-2 hour oral, where presumably (I haven't taken an FAA test so I don't know) you couldn't just get away with guessing the answer. I would have thought that the FAA system
separates the real men from the sheep even more effectively that the JAA system
Don't disagree with you that the JAA syllabus could be modernised either. However, at the moment, it hasn't been, so if someone wants a JAA ppl they just have to knuckle down and learn the stuff.