Originally Posted by
radicalrabit
Why the hell cant we have just one global standard that says this person is physically fit and is capable of flying anywhere in the world.
Because different countries have different views of what is safe and what they want their pilots to know. As we have seen from the traumas of JAA and EASA, just getting agreement among a few European regulators and their respective pilot groupings is a big enough struggle.
Originally Posted by
radicalrabit
I dont understand if an Americal pilot can overfly all the continent of Europe at 35,000 ft, Why he or any other nationality pilot , has to have a different one for flying out of any of the countries he just flew over?
He doesn't. This whole thread is about the process of one State issuing a licence based on another State's licence.