On the other hand my CAA licences are printed with Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Licence on the front, my EASA one has just Aircraft Maintenance Licence on it or similar and I am referred to, well to my face at least
, as a Licenced Aircraft Engineer.
In most of Europe a degree is the norm for my job.
The RAF simply used to shuffle the job titles around to try to equal it to the civilian counterpart hence Fitter went out and in came Technician...only only problem with that today is the skill set hasn't been maintained but dumbed down from what would be expected Civilian wise.
In a way it's like Cooks and Chefs, even working in the worst pizza joint or fried chicken establishment they will tend to call themselves Chefs these days. Well...unless there flipping burgers and then they are Navigators
