Fully agree that standards have gone down. Without getting into the usual argument over ease of getting qualifiactions nowdays...although I don't believe anyone can honestly say that it is as hard nowdays to get a licence and type approval as it used to be....I am fortunate that the comapny I work for have fairly high standards, don't carry to many ADD's and there is no real pressure to sign off things....however I have worked for such places in the past.The latest idear from EASA that companies can issue CRS type approvals to 'appropriate authorised staff' and therefore at a stroke of a pen remove the need for a majority of their B1 and B2 staff is very worrying indeed. I just pity the poor sod who signs of something without the full understanding of it all....
see the ALAE site or airmec.co.uk for more info on this..