ditto
I quite agree with you Techman. I have worked with many foreign licence holding engineers and have nothing but the upmost respect for them. I do, to some extent, agree that some UK LAE's have an elevated opinion of themselves but you cant blame them when they see the ease that european nationals obtain their EASA licence, not that it is a prefered alternative in many UK maintenance organisations. I dont think we should judge a book by its cover, so to speak, as there are some foreign engineers I rate higher than some of the UK engineers I come into contact with.
What we should be saying to the crews we serve is, be confident of the engineers you meet as they have you and your crew and passengers safety paramount in their minds.....not some OTR or TDR statistic.
UTRF