The fact that the time required would take between 6 months and 2 years would mean that I would be unemployable for that period, would loose my job and legal livelyhood doing something which has been legal for decades and through no fault of my own
Which is why they have allowed a validation of your FAA ATP for a year and then a further extension should it be required in order to allow enough time for you to continue to work and convert to an EASA licence.
So how is that discriminatory?