whilst I feel very sorry for the guys losing their jobs, we all know the pay that a LAE gets paid with types in UAE. I find it hard to believe that it would be 1/4 the pay. The only thing that comes to mind is that these 'engineers' aren't licenced but are considered technicians by EK. In any case, i hope they get another job. We need to actively stop companies such as AMSA erroding the conditions for aussie engineers. it is terrible to see this happen.