I too have looked into working in Europe (family considerations) but I just can't justify taking basically a year off and spending thousands and thousands of dollars to study for these JAA written tests, which are very very difficult compared to the FAA ones.

BTW I believe there is something of an exemption, if you have a large amount (not sure of exact figure) of PIC time in a jet of more than (not sure of exact figure), then you only have to do one written test and perhaps the flight test. Anybody know the specifics on this?

RCAC