TP, FTE and Astronaut Schools
Accreditation of TP, FTE and Astronaut Schools
Is there any world wide body that manages the accreditation of Test Pilot, Flight Test Engineer and Astronaut Schools or is this left to the regulatory civil and military administrations of various countries?
Significant Flight Test Schools whose graduates seem to be formally accepted universally for their vital functions appear to be from ETPS, USAFTPS, USNTPS, NTPS and perhaps a FrenchTPS with such graduates achieving a status equivalent or superior to that of many University Aero Engineering graduates.
But what of the lesser schools striving to produce capable Experimental TPs?
What TP/Astronaut schools are there in Russia, Europe, India, China and any other countries?