The rationale the CAA use '& to some extent the employers is that "state of the art" aircraft do not require the same level of avionic support.Unfortunately i work on aircraft that are "state of the ARK" ,this is very labour intensive on both the A&C and Avionic fronts. In many cases its all in the application. As for A&C's bending pins or our job being any easier,in my view the GIMP quotient among the tefals is about on a par with us knuckle draggers,it's just that they err a little less because they can't get as close to the work face without wrinkling their ball gowns !-only joking !!!!!!.