Beags
Leon, rather a whingeing post.....
Not the intention. I seem to remember that back in the good old days pre-JAR (ie. CAA) that FEs and Navs could count half of their flying hours upto a maximum of 500hrs total. Also Nimrod Nav Captains could count Command hours as well...
I totally agree that there should be recognition of all skills and trades, unfortunately, I don't believe that this would be in the Service's best interest with regards to retention - MoD "Investors In People"!
LJ