Taking that forward, maybe the whole thing could be set up, voluntary and cheap.
Lets say SETP and SFTE were to get together and produce a "flight test logbook". It could list...
- Formal training
- A checklist of minimum criteria met to show basic competence in flight-test.
- Specific experience in FT management, types of testing, classes of aircraft, etc.
- Possibly even specific test sorties (that would have made filling out SETP's membership application a lot easier) categorised against experimental / cert / FT training, etc.
- Flight test reports produced by the holder.
Just like any other logbook, verifying signatures can be put in by organisation heads of flight test, etc.
It could be produced, put in the public domain and left for those who wish to, to use it, and those who don't, to find their own means of demonstrating competence to current or potential employers.
Would then the benefits justify the effort?
G