Now I know, the end is near!
When you see a Civil aviation authority coming up with a common-sense approach as Alex has outlined, then you know that it represent a shifting paradigm. After this one may reasonably expect anything to happen.
What is next? a worldwide standerd of professional Pilots licence perhaps?
This would be totally unacceptable, you would have Pilots planning their Life according to their prefered lifestyle, like, maybe only exotic places in your youth and then short haul near to home when you get more mature etc. Pilots would be walking around with smiles on their faces, totally content with their life, I don't think this will ever be allowed to happen, why should one group of employees be so happy?