I also have plenty of US colleagues (in EZY) who can live and work in the EU just because their great uncle's father's cousin's sister was Irish/British and therefore they can claim an EU passport...
Once again, where there's a will there's a way. Just like those Dutch guys sweeping floors in the FBO in the US, Americans can also chose to work/study hard for your JAA exams and get a job in the EU. So stop complaining and get on with it!
There is
nothing discriminatory about the way Americans (non-JAA) pilots are treated. EU citizens have to put up with the same idiotic exams when converting an FAA license. Whether or not these exams are realistic is an entirely different topic.