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Of course its politics and self interest groups and not safety
The world is becoming a smaller place. Just look at the millions of Syrians pouring through our boarders into the EU and more and more rather than just freedom of movement around Europe there will be a need for freedom of movement of pilots to work wherever.
EASA could have saved a fortune in tax payers money. They had a blank sheet and could have taken the tried and tested FAA system adjusted it to suit Europes specific needs and made compatibility of licenses easy but instead chose to make a complicated mess.
Those interested in safety would have one word HARMONISATION as that is the only way to go where there is no chance of confusion or lack of knowledge worldwide so EASA was a big mistake as are most decisions made by the EU
Why did this happen? to make EASA a large organisation employing many regulators with loads of work with their interests at heart not aviations or safety and these regulations are typical of the nonsense churned out of the EU
Pace
Last edited by Pace; 9th Apr 2016 at 11:34.