Food for thought

[Sunnfun]

If EU training were so much better than US training ...

It is not. And that's the reason why JAA made it so difficult to convert anything to JAA save a Private Pilot Certificate. It is just very well protected. H.ell, just converting an IFR requires additional training and a checkride in some countries. Guess they haven't noticed all those US trained US Pilots flying big airliners into EU airspace on IFR flight plans every day...

 

[Clutch_Cargo]

It is not. And that's the reason why JAA made it so difficult to convert anything to JAA save a Private Pilot Certificate. It is just very well protected.

EXACTLY!

 

[anjinoo7]

Great idea with the protectionism aspect, truly a pro union belief. Incidentally, the EU is the centerpiece of unions and we can see by their 15% unemployment rate this has really worked out for them.
I seem to recall recently that Air Italia wanted the EU to slap British Airways because they were offering lower fares than Italia in and out of Italy.
It's called the free market, competition etc. We see it every day and that is what allows us to have so many choices, choose the best product at the lowest price, and demand the best performance. What's amazing is that the history of a market free in this country has made you a lucky person. You were fortunate enough to be born here and fall into the lap of the resulting economy our forefathers helped design. If we were anything like the EU, you would be talking about how to go to another country to train and work instead of talking about protecting your own gravy train.