On Wednesday, 4 November 2015 16:54:07 UTC+2, Dan Marotta wrote:
How is it that you Euro Guys are so advanced in certain areas and
and so retarded in others?* Aren't we all? ;-)*

That is valid question. One would think that nothing can be more retarded than EASA regulating general aviation and gliding in particular. But then you insert national authorities who interpret these EASA regulations and all bets are off in general retardiness.