Poddy - i never meant to infer that flying the EU is a cakewalk either. Though not having flown there, I have spent quite a few years living there, albeit in a different career, and know what the weather can be like.
It is a career goal to fly in Europe, and I recognise that - infrastructure aside - it will be a challenge for me, and I will have alot to learn and understand in that environment.
It's just that the inference that experience is generally irrelevant (after all, low time guys fly jets in Europe!!) and that time in GA is worthless because the weather is so good here.
I can tell you, and others, flying SY-ML and dealing with pre-frontal thunderstorms - and I'm not talking FL370 - ain't exactly childs play.
PS If you fly in Europe -i envy you!
