There's no innate difference between the Base - Line - Heavy engineer.
They are the same animal. (did you see the full stop?)
Hopefully they all did apprenticeships, basics and type courses.
The only thing is that some excel in different aspects of our trade.
When you have a guy who relishes a flap change and loves getting the rig down to the closest 0.005" - why would you put him in a line situation.
Vice versa - If a guy is great at making operational decisions, knowing how much meat is in the system, so that he can let the flight get to it's destination, why would you put him in Base?
The 12 that go to Base will be like fish out of water, Tools? what tools? the DDG and a pen are his tools
I'm still wearing my Asbestos underpants
