You know the FAA are just giving it back to us.......
I mean, all we had to do was show our valid licence and get an FAA, however to convert to a CAA/JAA no such thing.
Of course, it was easier with the CAA but there were the 2 writtens to take. Now of course the JAA mandate the skill test too.
I always thought that the FAA would start to see this as not respecting their licence and that they would act. Well, now they have; it just needed something to move them along.