Well no interest on my behalf...you can keep your utopia there and think by keeping the bar so high where you make it very unaccommodating for prospering pilots to even pass and become a pilot that the notion you have achieved anything from that else that creating a HOSTILE environment for an elitist club like you think you are part of. This is SILLY and does NOT create a more safe airline industry or aviation community than the USA.
We're not talking about stopping somebody who wants to be a private pilot. We're talking about people who will be in command of transport category aircraft on scheduled service. Now I'll readily agree that some percentage of ANY exam is useless and outdated information, but there is some value to the material. There must be some way to weed out those wack-jobs who kinda just flow along and end up in the left seat from those who are serious about the profession. The JAA method is by no means perfect, but it's better than the FAA method. EVERY other professional had to go through rigorous certification exams. Why should pilots be exempt?