After several years of haggling, the directive was adopted on 6 June and covers all professional qualification and training of three years and over. Its aim is to encourage professionals to move within Europe.
Qualifications are split into four categories: A, B, C and D, relating to years of study and training involved. Aerospace engineering degrees largely fall into categories C and D, which relate to three- and four-year courses respectively. A subcategory D-a was created to recognise more in-depth qualifications, with wording changed from “more than four years” to “at least four years” to include shorter English masters degrees. Germany lobbied against the directive, fearing a loss in academic prestige and, with Greece, voted against it.
Source: Flight International