A mockery you say?
I think you'll find easyJet employs HUNDREDS of pilots from Continental Europe and has done for years. How many British pilots have employment with Air France/Alitalia/Lufthansa/SAS/Iberia et al?
At the end of the day its the companies trainset and if they find it easier to manage their license compliance by having all flightdeck on the same authority then so be it. Can you imagine having to liase with every National Authority in the JAA in each language? Specifically the company operates a company unique FTL scheme under a special exemption granted by the UK CAA who closely monitor its implementation and effect. Its far far easier to get all the pilots on the same CAA's books than to have any additional hasslr dealing with multiple CAA's.
Conversion to a UK issued License is merely a matter of submitting a form and your logbook. If that's too big a deal for you then don't let the door hit your ass on the way out and mind the queue as you go.
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