The key things to take away from this thread are
- EASA have launched the next stage of the 'extend the European State' agenda.
- People who read this particular forum are overwhelmingly EASA area residents so EASA's actions are directly relevant
- European institutions have an established track record of creating their own special version (usually gilded) of things that work perfectly well elsewhere, even if this hurts European citizens and interests
- It is clearly EASA's intent to bring private N-reg operation under their remit
- Allowing 'the Feds to save us' won't happen. They don't care and even if they did, a lot of European officials would like to work one up the Feds.
- NOW is the time to act - through comment and effectively organised engagement.
There has already been lobying to create this, but it is still only part way through the process. So, choose an organisation, get involved, make sure your voice is heard now when there is an opportunity to influence. In a few years the train will have left and we will get what we are going to get in 2012.