Xabi
Being french myself I can't totally agree with your judgment about us.. .The main reason France doesn't want to play the JAR rules is that here, we have a very strong lobbying coming from flying schools (not many in France) They want to protect themselves from student fleeing away the other side of the channel or atlantic.. .About the colony business ... I don't think this is what we are talking about here; as a matter of fact, UK doesn't have many colonies remaining.. .Personnally, I chose to make my flight training in UK for various reasons, one of them being that I feel openminded, and therefore, don't consider very important our past History.
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