Kuchan, just to clarify, this is all about bits of paper, not the courses, the EK school is now approved under JAR147 , so CAA will now accept course. However those of us that did the same course before cant put it on our licence. Many of us did these courses at Boeing and Airbus , also with personnel from 2 UK airlines and 2 major european flag carriers who were all able to put them on their JAR licences because they were deemed to be under their own airlines approval.Your analogy of the FAA system isnt really relevant although i see your point. If you hold an A&P this is a mechanics licence with relevant level of responsibility , any additional responsibility which corresponds to our B1/B2 level would be under company approval e.g RII approval, CAT 11/111 cert etc. Have spoken with CAA on courses and another problem is that companies like Singapore whose courses were accepted by them pre JAR on ICAO system are barred now because of EASA system. All i can say is join ALAE and get lobbying as this is just one issue affecting us of many that are cropping up , especially the guys on the lighter side of aviation who have all of this slowly coming in !!!