Ok, not sorry for starting the thread, I'm sorry for hijacking...
As well as the shortage of LAE's, are there a lot of vacancies
requesting full B1/B2 cover on specific aircraft types or what?
We're all aware of how certain JAA/EASA NAA's awarded their
'approved personnel' JAR/EASA Pt 66 AMLs - some full B1 including
full B2. Maybe these personnel from these NAA's are now unfairly
prefered (Actual trade capabilities aside for a moment) because
of those actions, who knows?
Apart from some very talented and capable individuals out there
that have truly earnt and can identify themselves as full B1/B2, is there now not a pressure placed upon the rest of us to obtain further qualification simply to remain equivalent?
It is an acheivement none the less to academically earn B1/B2
status but experience would suggest that for example, all a B2 would
have to do to earn B1 practical experience would be too 'look over the shoulder of a B1 carrying out a B1 task' and collect the specific AMM reference. This is the equivalent of what occurs today for a B1 to obtain the 'avionic/electrical practical' element to qualify for basic B1 AML issue.
Essential practical skillsets are not being transferred correctly OR even proven.
For any manager totally unaware of actual events at shop floor level,
all this takes place today. Directly or indirectly you appear to endorse it.
Either way, the high standards of aircraft maintenance are being eroded.
Especially here in the UK, once percieved as the best.
How can any industry attract the right talent when it appears to
not address in full the concerns of those presently working harder
then ever within it?
Bae146???
