What's up Doc ?
I think you need to lighten up a bit.
Perhaps the person/s who you are refering to had after spending an "entire life in a good warm hangar and the second they came to work on the line......." were suffering from thermal shock!
Golden Rivet has hit the hi-lok on the head.
Although we may hold the same licenses & authorisations with the same privileges the
two jobs are very different.
An LAE in the hangar will not only be responsible for a/c in part or in its entirety but also a team of technicians so there is much more emphasis on teamwork .On the line the LAEs tend to more nomadic and often working on their own having to make desisions based on their own experience.
As far as the MEL or DDM is concerned , on the few occaisions that I've had to use it have found certain statements to be abiguous ( as the MM/SRM often is ) which could possibly lead to a misinterpretation of what is actually go/no go.
[This message has been edited by Ali Crom (edited 25 February 2001).]