I think you should be demonstrating why a Licensed Tech has skills and experience that give far greater safety and efficiency benefits. I'm not a fan of trade-union style demarcation rules and don't support arguments on that basis alone - if job protection is a benefit of doing things the safest way, great.
I can recall a time and place where you had to be a qualified pilot to do an engine run - which was nonsensical - most times and places Techs are properly trained and specifically qualified to perform this task. Comparison?
Anyway, the winged master race are paid so much more than those of us who design, build or fix aeroplanes, that no airline is going to routinely use this permission except in dire need - most likely getting a slightly poorly jet home that's stuck in Umbongoland.
Sorry to sound a note of discord, but I think proven competence is what matters. JAR-66 is the main way to prove competence, but not necessarily the only. There are plenty of perfectly competent techs working under JAR-145 (such as at BA) without personal licenses, by some of the arguments here they shouldn't be allowed near an a/c either ?
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[ 16 January 2002: Message edited by: Genghis the Engineer ]</p>