It says in JAR OPS
"An Operator shall exercise operational control and establish and maintain a method of supervision of flight operations as approved by the authority." (JAR-OPS 1.195)
And thats all it says, not a bad summation for a trade thats taken most of us years to learn and do well. I for one would love to be licenced and to receive the acknowledgement of what I do every day, but as long as the authorities, the airlines and the flight deck fail to recognise the contribution we can make to Flight safety and cost saving were on to a loser.
The problem is were not in the glory end of the business, we work quietly behind the scenes, had a TV crew in our Ops room for a whole day but we simply weren't interesting enough for broadcast.
Personally from what I've heard here and on their pages I don't think EUFALDA is the right answer either, doesn't seem to be putting itself forward or to be represented at any of the conferences I've attended.
Suggestions for the way forward?
