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The fact that there was no ground engineer present at the first flapless landing airfield is mentioned, yet appears 'accepted'? Legal ramifications wise, it's up to the Spanish DGAC (and supposedly EASA) to enforce good oversight of all Part145 line, base and component maintenance organisations. Light-touch regulation is a common theme within many NAAs at present.
As 'Protectthehornet' mentions, most airlines need to save money. But, why at the expense of correctly required aircraft maintenance? I guess if this concern was highlighted to the respective finance directors it'd all be dismissed. I'm normally quite optimistic and hope common sense would prevail. But regarding these situations, I think there's more (and potentially worse) avoidable accidents to come unfortunately.
BAe