Originally Posted by
Homsap
...but it always amuses me when people put MRAES after their name.
Why? The RAeS is an engineering institution licensed by the Engineering Council. You can only use the "MRAeS" post-nominal if you have achieve full membership. You can only achieve full Membership by demonstrating certain education, competences and experience - it's not just a matter of paying membership subs. Achieving that membership is a first step on the path to gaining Engineering Council registration as a professional engineer at EngTech, I.Eng. or C.Eng level (or you could do it through one of the other licensed institutes like the IMechE, IET etc). So I'm not sure why you sneer at it - an inferiority complex, perhaps?