Yes but that is the fundemental reason why they have brought the changes in.
And why it doesn't matter what the arguments etc are brought forward about safety etc they won't stop until they do return control to the local NAA for locally based aircraft and pilots.
And now that there system and philosophy have been publically slagged off and personal insults dealt out for the people involved, they will be even more determind to finally stop the practise or at least make it very difficult and more expensive than just going local anyway.
Apart from anything else they won't want a rerun of the last 2 years.
So the cogs are turning and the political games are being played to eventually get things into a corner.
They really don't care about jobs going etc and being taken to court, all they have to do is string it out for a few years. Even if they do loose the tax payers stump up the dosh and they have got what they wanted anyway.
PAce there argument will be is they haven't removed your ability to work on N reg aircraft. You can still work anywhere in the world.
The fact is that if you are successfull blocking this it will mean that they will loose control over virtually all private aircraft in the EU. All that will be left will be the public transport and AOC machines.
No private pilots because you can start commercial training using an ICAO ppl.
There have been loads of regulation changes in the UK which have meant people have had to requalify and or get additional licenses.
The ones the spring to mind are the gas regulations which meant the all the plumbers that had been working for years had to get Corgi qualified . The Sparkys went through the same thing a few years ago just so they could fit a plug in a kitchen or other wet area. Finacial advisors also went through the same process.
Its hardly unique that long standing industry's have been turned on there heads and everyone had to gain further qualifications before being allowed to do what they had been doing for years in the UK.
Last edited by mad_jock; 22nd Apr 2012 at 09:59.