Wow, never realised it was so simple to become a FE. Just think of all the money they could of saved by not sending Aircrew to Cranwell/Biggin Hill. Why dont we just wander down to the line and pick up any of the guys and restream them, jobs a good'un. In fact why not take it one step further, grab a mover, and make him an ALM, after all, he knows how to stick some pallets on an Aircraft. I got another idea, go down to MT grab a couple of young drivers who are also good on the xbox, give them some wings and call them pilots. Wish you all thought of this earlier and saved an awfiul lot of money.
Now lets be serious, it does take a certain amount of time to train to become aircrew, the understanding of what is happening does take time and effort. Decision making is a lot different in the air to what it is on the ground, and needs a different outlook. Im not saying that Ge's cant be FE's, however they will all admit to needing the required amount of training. They are very good at what they do and that Aircrew are very good at what they do, but both require the requisite amount of training to achieve those standards. Taking shortcuts is an easy way of causing problems.
As an aside i have known a few ex ground trades fail courses to become FE's, and they were experienced engineers, so its not for everybody.