How are these guys different to the LAMEs that dispatch aircraft on the line?
Or are the "professional" engineers the blokes in Maintenance Watch etc?
As per the previous posts, these are Professional Engineers that work in Tech Services and the like, issuing EA's and sorting through AD's, etc. They are many of the unknown faces working to keep the airline safe, but to management they are probably a bunch of unknown plebs that have no real purpose, worthy of nothing more than 3% (if they are lucky).
I am sure that the usual "contingency plans" are in place, should there be any action, so things will run like clockwork.
