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There is nothing...nothing difficult about repairing a glassfibre aircraft. It is cloth and resin. Repairing it so the repair is invisible...no more technically difficult but requires craftsmanship, just like with any hands-on job.
Well said. It is decades ago, and applied to radomes rather than today's techniques on gliders, but semi-skilled labourers did this work in our Fabric Shop. And very well too. In this context 'semi' meant being fully-trained on a quite narrow range of jobs. But, MoD has sold off most of these workshops - certainly all of the ones I worked at - and has lost the expertise. This matters little at shop floor level, as it can be contracted out. Where MoD completely misses the point is that these workshops were the recruiting grounds for Engineering Authorities, Requirements Managers, Risk Managers, etc., and ultimately Project Managers. Today, there are very few in DE&S who have this background, and without that you cannot recognise the risks. How many in the Project Team (or MAA) have the necessary training? MoD dug this hole long ago.