I do think the FAA maintenance system is more open to abuse in Europe - simply because of the lack of FSDO's in Europe to police N reg maintenance
GEP-That is just not true. The FAA inspection, particularly on paperwork, is as rigerous, if not more, than the CAA regime.
If anything, the DAR/IA, are more vigilant, there are less of them, they rely heavily on repeat business, they are scrutinised by an FAA regime that focuses on diligence and accuracy in all apsects of paperwork, and frankly having utilised both sytems for over 15 years, the FAA outweighs EASA land ten fold - my experience.
This anti N reg nonsense, veiled by ''shortcuts and skirting safety, is utter bollox. I would suggest GEP, you should know that