Agree with the last 2 posts. I couldn't believe my ears when I heard a director describe aircraft maintenance as a 'Necessary financial evil'. You get treated with little respect, there is no status with being a LAME, and the general attitude is 'You are all engineers, so just get on with it regardless. There may not be enough blokes, there may not be enough spares, there may not be enough hours in the day to do a job, but if the aircraft is late out it is your fault and you as engineers hold all the blame'. Stay away. If I had my time again I would not fix aeroplanes.