That's why I hope the UK leaves the EU.
...Some groups really need to change the record.
For the record the UK airline I work for makes money out of staff travel. The charge for a one way stand-by ticket within the UK and EU can be the best part of £100. You do not get a refund if on the day you end up on a flight deck/cabin crew jump seat.
I really somehow doubt that if we vote to leave the EU on the 23rd of June the company and it's accountants are going to turn around and say "we've left the EU so now so we won't charge you for travelling on jump seats...
I wish we had a US type system at work, but there are similar systems elsewhere within Euroland, so blaming this lack of a blanket jump seating system on the "EU"/EASA/Brussels is, putting it politely, disingenuous.