You can't just show up at Ryanair or Easyjet with a Canadian license and a British passport, even with a jet type rating and experience, and say "OK, I'd like my validation please, and I'll work on your exams while I'm here." If I can do that, sign me up. Easyjet or Ryanair recruiters out there, send me a PM if the piloicy has changed. I don't believe that things have changed that much. I would be very happy to be wrong on this.