I mean the engineer not having to take a boat, plane, fast train, or space shuttle to sign off the tech log at the end of the flying day
Why would you need an engineer to sign off the techlog at the end of the day?.
On these type of aircraft its normal for the Captain to sign it in and the aircraft to get a 10 day check by the Engineer. For a while I was authed to do the 10 day checks and carried a calibrated pressure gauge for the tyres.
By whats been reported so far there wasn't anything unusual about the aircraft from a tech point of view.
I suspect the report will be out before the summer or in September.