But surely the cheaper (and more sensible) option for ex-QFIs would be for them to regain a CFS "tick" rather than attempt to gain a civilian endorsement, with all the extra hurdles to leap (of which BEags so lucidly reminds us).
Once the brand of the red pelican has been successfully applied, it should require only minimal effort to get back to (at least) C to I status. And if it should prove difficult or impossible (for whatever reason) to achieve C to I, do we really want such people instructing (or even "instructing") our
ab initios ?
OK, I know the last was a stupid question ...........
.... but speaking as an ex-CFS staff A2 (OK, as a QHI, but
mutatis mutandis and all that), if I couldn't get back to a C to I, I would certainly question myself closely as to whether I should be doing the job!