I think the US/EU argument went along the lines 'you accept our Dreamliner or we won't accept your A380'. As I said earlier there should be a moratorium for a couple of years with all this crazy Part M stuff until there has been a unilateral proposal on the table. Maintenance organisations are tearing their hair out at the moment trying to keep up with what's going on; which is not fair on them. Does anyone know what happened to the House of Commons Transport committee report which was chaired by the Gwyneth Dunwoody in which they concluded that EASA was 'not fit for purpose' and would have an impact on air safety?
Common-sense please! We are not talking about 300 seat airliners but light aircraft used mainly for pleasure and the occasional business trip.