Sorry mate you are asking the wrong person, I don't care.
The fact is the standards exist, they effect a minority and moaning about it won't change it. Making it out to be some sort of conspiracy won't change it.
The initial baseline was set and some people don't make the bar, tough it's the same in all sort's of work.
I suppose you would like to see the standards lowered? How about allowing the deaf or the blind or just the plain stupid fly a 747?
The line has to be set somewhere, the JAA set theirs at a level you don't like, they have less restrictive renewal to account for the fact that as people age they wear out, seems pretty reasonable to me!
Here is a totally random link (power of the internet), did you know for example that if you have had laser eye surgery you cant work for North Wales police and that is one of many examples. Shall we get them to change the rules so that if someone does not meet the grade they can still get in?
And as far as people going to places like Hungary etc to try and circumvent the system, one could ask if they are prepared to find a curve in a straight road what else are they prepared to cut corners on?