H721,
There's nothing wrong with getting work done anywhere that has the skills and approvals. BUT, labour rates are issue here. HAECO, GAMCO, GAMECO and RBA undercut the UK labour rates by using cheap local labour. Assuming you're a local, wouldn't you rather get the same pay as, say, a Brittania LAE for working on one of their aircraft? As long as we go around undercutting each others wages then engineering technicians the world over suffer. Sure we have jobs, but in the long run everybody suffers. Even the airlines themselves suffer when well qualified people move out of the industry and new entrants are discouraged by the pay and conditions.
The American guys used political clout to prevent US registered aircraft from being certified in foreign FAA repair centres. Now they can squeeze more cash out of their employers. Their employers cannot transfer the labour costs overseas and have to pay up. As pay and conditions improve, more people will stay in the industry and new entrants will be attracted. Maintenance standards will improve and everyone, including the employers benefit in the long run. Its as simple as that. 'Destructive cost-cutting' has gone on long enough, lets get back to the basics.
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