BEagle, I'm talking about accreditation of a civilian flight engineer licence and experience towards a new JAA ATPL.
It seems that the military have pushed and pushed for some sort of recognition and have got it. I guess the fact that a lot of "squadron old boys" in the relevent department of the CAA helped!!
I'm not having a dig at mil guys, in my experience there are some highly skilled guys and some less so, there are some great blokes and some arrogant f***ers, just like in all walks of life! There is quite simply an inequality in the licensing system, and the CAA/JAA should be ashamed of themselves!