Do other countries' pilots do this dissection thing or do they just get on with it?
Let's put it in perspective. PPRuNe is (at least to me) a place to hang out when the weather is too lousy to fly. I don't mind discussing far-fetched legal scenarios as it keeps me sharp. And this particular thread caused me to look up various details about EASA-FCL (both the regulations and the AMCs), derogations for EASA-FCL and the way the EU works. I learned loads from that alone.