the problem here temps i feel is, your not actually considered by the outside world to be a "proper engineer" at all if i can put it that way, you are to some a aircraft tradesman who has passed a couple of licence exams which are not seen as "proper" qualifications and which are not that difficult anyway, this hardly puts you in the same strata as someone who has for example gone on to uni and obtained an engineering degree, this is not my view but certainly one held by a number of friends who consider themselves to be"proper engineers" due to the fact they hold eng. degrees, however as a licensed enginer myself i certainly consider myself a" proper" engineer!