Mrpony: I too am confused when I hear BA cabin crew refer to their
licence. (Ask to see it!)
I had to refer to the GCSE English website when I read MissM's post:
Licence is a noun, license is a verb. Before learning to drive, you apply for a provisional driving licence, but the DVLA must license you to drive.
Apologies to our friends in the USA where they use "license" as a noun.
Enough thread creep perhaps, how is the ballot going?