Getting preciously close to the point where the paperwork burden required to be carried causes the aircraft to exceed the MAUM with zero fuel and no payload.
All this pan-EU level playing field regulation nonsense was forced on us to allow "free competition", but even though that was a pretty poor justification,it proves not to be true. A non-UK but Part-FCL TRE cannot even do an LPC on a UK licence holder, it would seem (without fees and seminars).
The plank (airline) world may be able to carry this burden, but it will kill helicopters, with one or two exceptions.
Last edited by Helinut; 22nd Oct 2012 at 10:09.