Engineering cutbacks
Hey UKeng, are you able to shed any light on the question in 3Y's post. I think he's getting at the fact the visual side of the airline seems to be in shambles, what's life like in engineering? have you experienced the same level of cutbacks and pressure?
Yes we have experienced the same or worse levels of cutbacks - in particular we have lost a huge amount of experience to natural wastage and early retirement. These skills aren't being replaced with fresh blood and that does worry me.
At the moment levels of staffing in Engineering haven't dropped enough to affect safety but who knows what will happen as more of the older staff leave and numbers drop still further. T5 moving wasn't as much of a problem for engineering as it's the same aircraft in a different place.