With regard to bonus payments for clearing DD's, this is not entirely true. 25% of the bonus payable depends upon the level of DD's across the fleet over 1 year. If it averages out to be less than 1, you can expect the full portion or very near to it. This is not too hard to achieve on a fleet that is so new. Allowances are made for defects arising from manufacture faults (of which there are many).
The statement that many defects are cleared only to raise their heads again the next day is not true. I do not know of one engineer on the easyline who would clear a defect if not fixed. Many maintenance entries in the tech log end with the statement "B defect to remain pending crew reports"
Denzil; you're statement that all of the licensed guys are contractors is no longer true. There are only 2 or 3 conractors left now, and they are all avionics guys.
So, wether one should jump on board or not i am not prepared to say, I have tried many things on other's reccomendation only to be disappointed. What I am prepared to say is that I came here against the advice of others and am yet to regret it.