I don't know how many on this forum follow the AF447 thread over in R&N, but if anyone is under any illusion that EASA has anything to do with aviation safety, then you should
read this post and the following four or five. Scary, to put it mildly
Sorry, I don't know how to link
into another thread on Pprune. The link above brings up only one post, a statement in French, if you want to read an English synopsis and the follow-on posts, then click on the 'AF447 report out' link in the top right corner.