Originally Posted by
DuncanDoenitz
It's exactly 25 years since I made the hyper-space jump from RAF SNCO to unqualified airline mechanic. Coupled with the transition from Section L to EASA that was going on, the route to achieving my unrestricted licence was an ordeal.
With the advent of dual airworthiness certified aircraft like P-8/737, Atlas, King Air, and the MAA, is there any better commonality now between military technician training syllabi, certification and qualification that makes the transition easier?
The RAF Licenced Engineers such as on the Shadow fleet have their powers “throttled” in the RAF I believe to justify the existence of Engineering Officers who simply do not exist in the real world, that task being undertaken by Licenced Engineers. As was previously pointed out to me