Mr J.A.D.,
You have obviously not read the jist of my post.
It is about this company Outsourcing their maintenance to a cheaper option and with the possibility of shedding some more of their mechanics.
It just so happens they are talking to MAS about this.MAS's speciality is IFE not cabin/airframe maintenance.
For info, NWA operate under the FAA and Japan comes under the unbrella of the JCAB, so your statement about most IFE engineers have a UK CAA lisense or EASA license is irelevant in this context.
MAS employ locally in the area, so I would imagine no one there has a European license.
Unless you know better?
Also most items in the cabin field apart from IFE and lighting are on the airframe side of things.Most IFE personnel are of the avionics side.
At the end of the day how would you like it if your company outsourced your maintenance and let go it's own mechanics, of which maybe you were one?