Some interesting rates being posted here and I wonder if things really are a like for like comparison. Matkat refers to a rate of $81.5 but is this $81.5 USD: Boss Raptor mentions UK MROs trying to get £56 per man-hour but is this for a line mechanic routine day shift, or type rated CRS on a Sunday night?
The very few remaining independent MROs within the UK, (ATC Lasham, Marshall Aerospace and BASCO) would I imagine be grateful of any thing above £40 pmh, but with the level JAR playing field having a nice tilt towards the South and East of the United States of Europe I think the chances of this are getting slimmer.