Sorry B-B
you are quite right about it being a qualification, my mistake, its getting late and i have been looking at so many documents i made an error! Some countries/authorities refer to it as a rating, others like jar as a qualification as B-B says.
As for the issue of spain i have spoke to 6 fto's and all say that spain has no night qualification in their training so therefore couldnt give me one as it simply doesnt exist in spainish atpl training for either modular or int!?
Yet i know there are spanish atpl pilots working in the UK so surely the UK CAA accept this??
I agree that LASORS is at least controversial but the 'caa lady' insisted on simply reciting lines from it hence why i sound unimpressed with my dealing with them today (admitedly she may have just been having a bad day
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