Originally Posted by keel beam
Lets face it, the Licensed Engineer have high responsibilities in the job that they do. The licensing system is a way of giving flight crews the comfort in knowledge that the Engineer signing for the aircraft is appropriately experienced and trained for the job in hand.
How often have you asked to see the engineer's licence when they signed the tech log?
Having a licence or the approval issued from an Authority through an approved organisation makes little difference in CAT ops.
Any European wide licence or approval makes moving employment easier throughout Europe. That would be one big part of the idea. Of course if one is limited to speaking English then perhaps one's language limitations could make any pan-European qualification meaningless and hence something to be derided.
Regards,
DFC