Our comments are not based on whether he is a member or not and yes, we know that not all LAMEs are members.
Our comments are based on what we have been told by Qantas, CASA and the Ministry of Transport plus reporters who call us after they have spoken to the airline. The reporters then confirm that Qantas have identified this situation and sacked the individual.
A few weeks after Tim was discovered there were text msgs from him back to his crew with things like "it's all cool I'll be back at work soon".