Well said John and Lomcevak.
We have a fundamental problem here in the UK of accepting unqualified people in qualified positions - and it's not only in aviation. For once the French have the right idea, all those who work in test flying must be licensed to so do. Why fear such a process here? What's wrong in insisting that those working on experimental or certification testing be graduates of an accepted school? There are four of them Ghengis, not three - EPNER, ETPS, USNTPS and USAFTPS.
After all, we don't let 'unqualified' doctos or nurses work on us in our health service, we proscecute them. So why do we let 'unqualified' pilots test our aeroplanes?
Perhaps we need to start a new thread, John.
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