Marchettiman - Hear, hear :D

I guess being a Cologne shyster doesn't necessitate the ability to read Annex 1 of the Chicago Convention. It also doesn't preclude an abstinence from making false statements to a gullible audience.

Here's a recommendation for all of you:

In short, EASA has been a big mistake. It is a costly (€ 105 Million/year) self- perpetuating bureaucratic organisation that overall makes a negative contribution to aviation as a whole and to aviation safety in particular. Any proposal to abolish it should be hailed.

That deals with the maintenance side but they have us (which is, no doubt, why it was done thus) on the pilot side. N reg means an FAA pilot license and an EASA pilot licence, with FAA bi-annual and EASA bi-annual, etc., to maintain the validity of the licences. If EASA manage to kill off EU flying schools and, more importantly, the independent instructor/examiners by making everyone work for an ATO, then all pilots are in the same boat where re-validation will become either much more expensive or impossible. My little-used MEP rating will be costing over £1,000 a year to keep because my old free-lance examiner has given up. I think my MEP rating will go the same way.

You appear to be suggesting that I am a "Cologne shyster". I am not sure exactly what a Cologne shyster is but having no connection with Cologne I am fairly sure that I am not one. You also appear to be suggesting that I have made a false statement to a gullible audience. Can you clarify what false statement you believe that I have made?

That is indeed a recommendation, but what is your point?