Why is it that when engineers from the field are shouting that there is real problem with the standard of licensed engineers the CAA refuses to take any notice. Where does the CAA get its information from? In 2 years on my current station in the UK as a certifying engineer I have never seen a surveyor and not only that I haven't a clue who he, she, they are. In 22 years in civil aviation I have never found myself in this position before. Is the CAA a figment of my imagination?