TBH Chaps,
As someone who has done both controlling disciplines....there is no way a current mil atco could just walk out of the mob and straight into a civil job without undertaking the normal licence courses...this is especially true for ADI (Tower). So many differences in the rules, phraseology, operating procedures..etc etc, the list goes on! Even radar is different...remember, a civil controller at a typical regional airport, doesn't have the luxury of a Zone/Deps, Dir, App and talkdown controller! They are all that and more sometimes! I found that the most difficult part to comprehend to begin with when undertaking the radar course and that was even after a year as an ADI controller in the civil environment!
This has been talked about so many times and will no doubt continue to rage on....I believe at the moment anyone who has done JATCC recently (cant remember from what date in the last year) will now be exempt from the CAA Basic course and move straight onto the rating courses. In my humble opinion, thats the way it should stay.....
If Mil people moan that they don't have the same licence, then get out pay the money and pursue a civil rating. Simple
