They want to get the N-reg out of Europe, which will mean you’ll be unable to use an FAA Instrument Rating. There are several other proposals with which AOPA has issues – full details in the December issue of General Aviation
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Maybe they should look at why so many are forced down the FAA track. I fail to understand how they can stipulate N reg aircraft and ban FAA IRs from being used over Europe. A mass of aircraft fly over Europe every day of the week on foreign reg and licences. You could not just not acknowlege the licences.
Surely all they could do is to ban residents of European countries from using non JAA licences and that would be discrimination pure and simple.
What would happen with IOM reg aircraft.
Any of these licensing issues should be based on safety. Far from there being any negative safety issues involved using foreign licences there are positive safety issues in holding an IR never mind where it comes from and it is the regulators own failings which should be highlighted.
Burocracy gone mad.
Pace