Can an L.A.E change a light bulb.?
Watched one of the products of a UK training
college ( LWTR Aeroplanes 2) trying to change a landing light on a 737.
Initially attempted to remove the lamp retainer by removing the adustment screws.
Watched him struggle to refit retainer but didn't want to interfere, he had failed to engage the lugs on the back of the lamp. Eventually it started to rain and I sent him back to the hangar. I removed the lamp to reposition it and found both terminals loose.
The CAA believe this person is fit to certify an aircraft for flight, yet he clearly lacks basic skills as well as the ability to check his own work. When he certifies the work of others who knows what gets past. This is just one incident from a string and by no means the worst.
Surely it is time that an independent inquiry was launched into the CAA's handling of engineer licensing, and the abysmal low standard it is prepared to accept.