IO540,
You need to understand what validating a licence is and when you need to validate or want to validate a licence.
Flying an N registered aircraft in Europe with an FAA licence does not require any form of validation.
If you want to fly a UK registered aircraft with a US licence then you need to obtain a validation. Currently the UK gives automatic validation for PPL level activities not involving flight instruction or IFR flight in controlled airspace.
These EASA proposals for validations are no big change from what currently applies and to be honest will not be very difficult to comply with except the end of automatic validations that are never ending.
So why are you complaining about something that will have no effect on you flying your US resistered aircraft with a US licence?
If you hold an FAA Certificate with the appropriate type ratings then there is nothing to stop you from flying an N registered jet all over Europe. Furthermore if you obtain a validation from Outer Mongolia, there is nothing stopping you from flying a jet registered there all over Europe.
This Validation is about wanting to fly European registered aircraft with something other than a European licence.
So what you should be moaning about is that Tommy can no longer go to some place in the USA and just about scrape an FAA ppl before purchasing a G registered aircraft and causing mayhem in France. IS that a bad thing??
