Referring to the salary
survey published via the AirMech website (unless a 'Duty Engineer' isn't what he used to be) there's no-one making anywhere near 46 thousand a year. The average works out at around 36 thousand which sounds more like the truth somehow. At 51K to 56K Gross there would hardly be a shortage of LAEs - given that it beats deep sea diving (average 60K) in working conditions and safety for example.
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