Back in what day Bean ? Anyway, yes, three months is idiotic & claim your free drink.
In 1992, after the AE demise and a short unhappy spell fillingin, I went from 75-76 with my new employer, AE Italy. They paid for a course with Brit at Luton. It was one day in the classroom. One day sim brief. Two days in the sim. But, Britguys were rather superb. Licencing complete & got my 75/76 endorsement within days (UK CAA lic). Italian licence was a just an endorsement to the Uk licence.
Days, not months.