Aw come on Denzil, you don't need to be good at spelling to be an engineer
The meaning is loud and clear enough and I agree with almost every word. (See my post about JAR 66)
One thing though. Surveyors aren't bogeymen and all licence holders should go out of their way to get to know their local surveyor. I get on very well with ours and always found those I've dealt with to be reasonable chaps when you get to know them. Remember, we are both on the same side.
LAEs aren't really Aircraft Engineers, we are AIRWORTHINESS Engineers, dedicated to keeping the aircraft flying SAFELY.
Perhaps one of the failings that has led to our decline is that we often regarded surveyors as "The Enemy" You'd be surprised what some of them have to say about the CAA itself when you get them on their own. And they do have some extraordinarily nice things to say about us as well!
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