Lasors only reflects the current credits from military service and training. These credits were decided between the CAA and the MOD, the MOD is serving it's own interests by making it as difficult as it reasonably can for it's pilot to gain a civilian licence. The required military experience for a military pilot to gain a civilian licence does not reflect the difficulty of military flying training nor the type of flying he/she has done, it only reflects the desire of the MOD to make life as difficult for it's pilots to leave. If the MOD recognised it's most important resource, it's personnel, then maybe more of it's pilots wouldn't need to devise there own exit strategy?
I applaud the steps by the MOD to reward military pilots after their training, but IMHO this is long over due. The MOD should have recognised the comparison between military flying training and civilian flying training years ago by way of the issue of a civilian licence comparable with the level of difficulty required to pass military flying training and not some notional total hours flown P1 at night in IMC in the Eastern hemisphere ONLY figure!!!
If this turns out to be true the idea that a PPL awarded after DHFS is a reflection of where the MOD sees it's pilots compared to their civilian counter parts is laughable! Just an insult
