Hand Solo:
Once again, the dear old engineer is overlooked. I did THREE years of training (compared to the flight crews one), and then have spent the next 3 years busting my hump studying just so that now, at last, I am nearly in a position to certify my maintenance actions as fit to fly. And all for the princely sum of 27 grand a year. Not to forget the night shift in winter, in the pouring rain and snow. So there are a LOT of people with as much responsibility as the flight crew, with much more training, and far less pay and perks. And lets not forget, if you have good, well paid, motivated engineers, these "crisis situations" which you can`t walk away from, might just never happen.........
