SGC, how I agree with you!

As an experienced aviator who has now retired from full time airline employment I was considering revalidating my flight instructor rating but with all this bureaucratic garbage flying around I really wonder whether or not to bother.

The politicians who agreed to this claptrap should hang their heads in shame or better still be "dealt with".

The only solution is a peaceful revolution but it doesn't seem very likely.

EASA have nothing to do with safety and all to do with politics and hidden agenda.

Just look at the stupid EIR. Anyone who flies IFR across Europe will know that reality is far from the truth to office bound regulators.

An example I left South East UK in good VMC albeit in a jet!

Crossing into France we were way on top of solid cloud. Tops were thousands of feet below probably around the 10K mark.
Passing Dinard we checked a few airfields. 200 overcast 700 vis.
The same with Nantes A!

I was thinking of the EIR and the poor sod banging along just on top at 10K!

His Donkey quits, He has a major failure in his machine or himself which requires an instant landing! 200 overcast and 700 vis???

That is not even looking at a descent in VMC at or near destination. Weather really is not that compliant and your TAFS are not always so compliant either, neither are forecast winds! I have had a forecast 30kt tailwind turn out as a 50 kt headwind!! Short on fuel where are you going to go on your 500 mile on top trip to the VMC let down at destination? Especially if the airfields below are way down weather wise.

Those who look to EASA for positives sound like women married to abusive and agressive spouses who make excuses for their behavior! They say" really he is quite nice on the rare occasion that he is not drunk and I probably deserve the beatings". That is the reality of what I have so I better be greatfull and accept rubbish.

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Pace

There was once a saying that the regulator is only as good as how well GA is represented.

Weak representation + poor funding = poor regulation. :)

All too easy for pilots to turn into a EASA slating match. But when it comes down to your average pilot actually doing voluntary work to engage, build teams, and sit alongside regulators and governments and actively work with them, I think most people just couldn't care.

So so true, and guilty as charged