Ladies and Gents,
Thus far I have restrained from making any comments on this thread but I have followed it closely. Now I feel obliged to join in.
I will vouch for the validity of all of the information that Tester78 has posted regarding his role within QinetiQ and ETPS, Izzy's training at ETPS and her role at Airbus. I will also confirm the fact that ETPS has very high graduation standards and not all students who start the courses there complete them successfully, whoever they are and wherever they are from. But I will also add that this is because not everyone has the ability to pass the courses although they do all try very hard and it is difficult for the ETPS staff when nice, professional people who work very hard simply are not suited to the flight test discipline.
Reinhardt,
Perhaps you owe it to followers of this thread to establish your credentials for joining in the debate here, obviously without compromising your anonymity.
Rgds
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