Peter alot of us have known this for years and told you it.
Also as well I don't think you realise how much negative feeling there is about the current N reg status Quo. Both in the industry and politically across europe.
And the political types and NAA's publicly getting there nose rubbed in the fact that N reg crowed say that there system is !!!!e just makes them more hard nosed.
Everytime I see a post saying the EU system is !!!!e (and I don't for one minute think its perfect just different philosophy which has lost its way) Compared to FAA or a public slagging off of the politicians involved all I think is bang another nail into the coffin. Any chance of a compromise is disappearing down the plug.
They don't care that people are going to loose thier jobs,
They don't care if flight safety is going to be reduced
They don't care that there will be less flying.
They don't care that revenue will be decreased.
They don't care if they are taken to court over it. But history shows pilots arn't very good at organising a coherent line of attack over issues.
All they care about is that the citizens and residents of thier countrys abide by the laws and philosophys of thier law makers.
Which is one of the reasons why I don't think there will ever be a easy swap for FAA tickets to EASA ones. Call it a fine for getting caught taking the piss with a loop hole.
The revamping will occur but only once the current N reg fleet has been much reduced to a fraction of what it was and the pilots have gone local again or are not flying in europe in protest.