Didn't say that pilots are incapable in any way. For a given task, a mechanic has to hold a JAR 66-A ticket, but the pilot doesn't. So, 1) Why bother having JAR 66-A or 2) make the whole system equitable?
I can see that I'm having trouble putting this point across. Check out <a href="http://www.caa.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.caa.co.uk</a> and navigate to engineer licencing and JAR 66. See what the qualification path is for a JAR 66-A and then read TGL 38 and JAR 145.30.
Why bother mentioning this at all? The CAA will do whatever the operators want.
[ 20 January 2002: Message edited by: Bus429 ]</p>