Genghis
Without formal accreditation what officially separates the Nurses from the Doctors, and the Secretaries from the Solicitors?
I have no doubt there are some very highly-qualified and competent pilots and engineers that haven't completed a TP/FTE course. But at the moment anybody can call themselves a TP just because they have a PPL, and anybody can call themselves a FTE without ANY formal qualifications at all. Bonkers