Widger,
I'm not talking about IIP, I'm talking about professional recognition, and by the way, having done some of the interesting and exciting overseas work you mention we mil are so good at, if the last job on earth was civvy ATCO I'd rather stick rusty nails in my eyes. You're totally wrong about me wishing to jump ship (at least to civvy aviation)! My point is that I know that work is on-going to reallign the military terms of employment to enable mil ATCOs to leave after a defined contract period with a usable licence. This will not happen in my time, but look ahead a few years and wait and see.
EXATCO,
As I say, 85% of our trg is already aligned, work is progressing slowly to achieving full recognition. The concept is that the mil controller will have to fulfill their contract in order to leave with the qualification - thus avoiding the train and drain syndrome previously feared.
