mate sorry to hear you did make it through with qantas, I must admit the reason I read through this thread carefully was becasue I myself am looking at becoming a mechanical engineer. I am failry new and dont yet understand the difference between ame and lame? so yeah pretty basic stuff. but I have done some research into what the prospective are for this industry and everything I find tells me that its looking quite good with many airliners needing more people maybe not so much australia.