Originally Posted by JW411
Forgive my ignorance but don't Air Trafficers, Engineers etc etc have licences?
Depends what you mean by 'engineer' - those involved in the maintenance process are formally licensed, those on the design/certification sides don't, certainly in nothing like the same sense.
That being said, as one of the 'to be excluded' I would have no objection at all; I'd rather there be some discussion than none. I'd just ask that those of us 'second-class citizens' be borne in mind, and that you come out of the 'pilots' lounge' now and again and ask our opinions. Very occassionally we do have an input .....