Icarus, not at all, just saying that there is no mention of HOFO approval anywhere.
It talks about being able to get TRE approval, talks about management experience, but nowhere does it say you need to get HOFO approval...nowhere did I suggest that you needed prior HOFO approval to get a future HOFO approval...that is illogical and incorrect
The other option, of course, is that this position isn't the post holder - something that seems to be creeping in these days where the person who runs flight ops sits on top (figuratively not literally!) the post holder, effectively leaving the HOFO holding the regulatory bag with all the responsibility and none of the authority.
Either way not a good place to be