DFC the quote from gottheshirt was pointing to incidentson a/c not from the UK, I was merely pointing out even those in the UK can and do make mistakes, as someone else said we are after all human, I think!
A systems and type course with problem solving logic is all that is required today
Really! A type course doesn't teach you the basics, of such things like banging rivets in, pitch, land etc, which you would of course need when someone drives a truck into an engine cowl, as that doesn't show up on EICAS, ECAM or in the CMC, so you still need a foundation in basic engineering processes etc.
I was recently in a maintrol and they took a call, asking for a fix, I couldn't believe what was being asked as to me it was 'basic stuff' a quick look in the SRM would of given them the fix, speaking to the controller and he said it was getting more and more like that these days, the guys do the training etc but don't have the background of basics! Anything out of the ordinary and they are stuck, whether that's the ability to think on your feet or basic grounding that's lacking, or lack of experience I don't know.
Once the old gits (like me) start retiring or leaving the industry makes you wonder what state it will be in!
