Does this mean that RAF personnel posted onto these aircraft will be required to gain an EASA Pt66 B1/2 licence, in order to sign the aircraft off as serviceable? Currently the RAF and Civair operate very differently, but surely complete commonality will be required if the jets are to be seamlessly handed back to the airlines.
Who would be paying for that to happen, and what retention problems would that cause within the Engineering branches of the RAF. Work as a Licenced Sgt/Chf Tech on £35k, or as a A330 Type rated Licenced engineer in Civvy street on £50+k?
Flipflopman