I'm with the engineers all the way but I'm not sure they all are. LAX is a rapidly growing maintence base. There are over 100 engineers and are in the process of hiring 40 more. They have Sydney based union lames and strike-breakers, local non-union, contract and sub contracted engineers all working toghether. Everyone is trying their best, especially the Syd lames, to get the planes out on time and rectifying as many MEL's and hold items as possible. They feel whatever they don't fix there, they'll fix here. There's no shortage of cheap labour here. There's no support of the industrial action. Everyone is doing what ever it takes to increase to work in LAX. If the Australian engineers don't watch out, they'll start losing their jobs to the cheap labour in LAX.