partyboynew, the military accreditation issue has been pointed out to 22Gp fairly positively. Several times, I can assure you! The CAA's view is that, basically, if the UK military wishes to apply for accreditation to support recruiting and retention, MoD must produce a case for the CAA to shove under EASA's €urosnout.
The CAA cannot be expected to do MoD's groundwork - MoD must create the case!
Hark, you say, why do we need such a recruiting and retention incentive when Foxy and the Tory Boy have just slashed our requirements for pilots?
Because that's only true in the short term. If MoD doesn't sort this out now, then when the civil pilot surge requirement does arrive, many military pilots will simply bang out there and then, rather than being retained until they qualify for the 'get your licence from stores' point. Why stay longer than you have to, if to do so doesn't grant you any extra exemption - and disadvantages you on airline seniority lists?
There must be some ex-Nimrod and ex-Harrier pilots who can be allocated the task of sorting all this out, shirley?