EASA Engineer Licences
To my military aircraft engineering bretheren:
There is an on-going (& deepening) shortage of licenced aircraft engineers in civil aviation. Advice from one who has made the journey from RAF to the airline world: start studying NOW for your EASA Pt66 Licence; it will take you c18 months to climb this mountain on a self-study basis. Once you have achieved this, operators will gladly employ you & furnish you with an appropriate Type Rating course; you could buy such a course yourself - B737NG or A319/20/21 is a source of strong employment. Course duration c4wks, cost c2.5kGBP.
During this protracted period, you should have saved enough cash to pay for the course due to the fact that you will have no spare time to sit in the pub swilling the Devil's Vomit. Get yourself a 45-gallon drum of Midnight Oil; swotting will become the norm.
Go on then, what are you waiting for?
HB