A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the UK's independent aviation regulator, said that he had seen no evidence of any UK airlines cutting corners on maintenance or safety.
Obviously unaware of the situation at Big Airways then!
There in lies the problem, unless you can prove it, the CAA are not interested, why, there's no money in it for them. How do you prove it, go to the CAA, oh well time to look for a new job.
Until such time as engineers have a powereful body to represent it, (like BALPA for the pilots) nothing will ever happen. I am a lifetime member of the ALAE, but they are just not powerful enough. Why? too much apathy within engineers as a whole. You hear all the bitching and moaning on numerous forums, but nothing will ever happen until there is unity.
