The demand for certifying as well as non-certifying
staff in Exeter has always been there, even more so now
since we acquired another airline.. In short, not very many
Engineers or Pilots chose to stay with the company, due in
part to the low renumeration / relocation amongst other things.
End result - remaining LAE's typically cover 2-4 A/C
on base maintenance and regularly get sent to
the thinly manned line stations to cover Check A's or
AOG/Snags.
The company Part 145 Approvals are :.
under threat.
In addition, the latest batch of Bristol / AST people are
not that technically impressive (at least the ones I work with).
They have learnt the minimum to scrape the exams/essays -
this is not enough to keep A/C airworthy - it becomes painfully
obvious when troubleshooting. Easy to xfer to ADD though?
In closing, the UK pool of trained, experienced, actually capable
Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (Licensed/Unlicensed) is getting shallower
by the week - the UKCAA refuses to intervene in 'personnel issues' &
the international example that used to be BA seems to be screwing
over the few remaining good engineers with the AMS scheme.
The sad thing is, I'm not expecting any change soon.
BAe146?? And hands-off industry leaders??
