>As far as flight crew are concerned, there is one BA Captain who forgot to renew his shotgun licence. He renewed it after a couple of months but then he failed his CRC as a result of having owned an unlicenced firearm! He has now "retired".<
Just nit-picking but I understood that a shotgun is not a firearm - it is not rifled. Shotguns require a Shotgun Certificate, not a licence.
Maybe he should have fought this insanity.
Sleeve.