LL DIR,
Ah but, unless I'm mistaken, the RAF pays for it's
pilots to do the conversion, or at least it did till recently.
Don't know how true it is, but I heard a Lon(Mil) controller applied for a job at MACC to work Pennine. Was told "Sorry, licence not good enough". Was a different story come 9pm when they wanted to go home. "Catch this lot, Ginger!"