Kiwi - LAEs are not failing if we can't bring someone up to speed.
It's the system - No proper apprenticeships, the ones that run are only for 2 or 3 years. At new hangars the first year apprentices are learning from people who have only just finished their apprenticeship; not much can be passed on by someone with only 3 years training!
I was on contract at one hangar & the only people with experience were the contract LAEs, there were not enough of us to help teach & watch what they were doing at the same time.
Now JAR 66 has taken away the oral exam any retard who can remember theory will get through, yet will be untested under pressure.