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You thoughts on an international licence are quite correct and I think that was the original belief behind the JAA licence. A free flow of labour in a common market.
But do you see the frogs giving jobs to foreign (EU) pilots? They won't even speak English on the radio.
I wouldn't put the boot into the Brits too quickly given that they do hire a lot of foriegn pilots and to their credit.