Hey Clarified,
I am playing devils advocate a lot, but Bentley did say it was only those with previous crewing experience that had been brought along to the SCCM course. We know at LGW for example that some pursers were promoted based on their previous crew experience at another airline (6 months gained internally and 6 months in a prior role). It would be interesting to see the CAA regs on experience and recency thereof if anyone can find it?