licencing...sad state
I feel I need to voice my opinion regarding EASA, ICAO or FAA licenses...
What prompted me to write this is that I have just seen an advert for 737 captains with expired ratings to be based in Stockholm, Sweden.
How sad and pathetic and desperate you need to be to want to attract expired EASA captains when there are current ICAO captains?
Is there really such a difference in licencing? If an ICAO captain has the time and experience why then would he need to do all 14 exams?
The same applies with China and Japan, the fact that EASA or ICAO ATPL pilot must do a full Chinese /Japanese licence and take months and months away from home in order to discuss it is ridiculous. ...
I see many operators parking aircraft soon because they won't have enough crew and hopefully change the licencing requirements.