"But to be frank, I don't believe that things are ever going to take a change for the "better" with EASA and the system itself."
Then why were there 24 non-EASA people in the meeting? If there were no interest in change, they wouldn't have been there - and been paid expenses!
"Because, if changes would be made like suggested above, it would be too much FAA/US-type style and that's exactly what EASA doesn't want to happen!"
Well, that simply didn't come up in the discussion. Both the KLM rep and myself brought up the Canadian system, and there were several comparisons to the FAA system from all around, especially from an independent UK IR examiner.
More questions are being added because the current ones are not suited to the final anticipated product. As LOs are deleted, so will the associated questions. Aside from that, there are many areas that do not have questions at all, so the gaps are being filled in. This includes LOs, BTW - some of those will be new as well.