Originally Posted by
bose-x
You only have to look at the demands that EASA are making with regards to the bi lateral to realise the FAA are not going to give in. Can you really see the FAA agreeing to annual tests for everything or EASA giving into rolling currency?
No, but my understanding of the process of the bilateral is not 'your paper is accepted as though it was mine', but more like 'I will recognise your paper as proving the competency that my testing proves'.
As such, it would be quite reasonable for EASA to say, 'I recognise your paper, but you need a revalidation now to align with my currency rules for me to give you my paper'. Equally, it would not be at all surprising that both countries might want people to prove they can speak English and have been tested on things that are objectively different - such as airlaw (and physics
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Do you have a reference to the two party's current negotiating positions?