TravellingToolbox,
you are on the right track, I read that the average age in Australia is 65!!!!! Must be some old/experienced Guys out there. The way I see it is that we (the LAME's) will be in charge of a hangar full of AME's, trades assistance, and how ever else is available, running around more than now (if that is possible!!!) trying to monitor what is happening and then signing our life away for this work (of course for the same pay), I hope that there are some good hearted Insurance Companies out there willing to cover us. Also CASA is finding it hard to cope with the work they have to do, so I see more and more that there are consultants doing the work that they cannot handle. I recently completed a Safety Audit course which will allow me to do this, so more of us will probable take up this line of work thereby reducing even more the amount of LAME's in the coal front. What is it like on the UK and other country fronts?