MissM
Is the reason you voted 'yes' because the "management" believe "trained monkeys" can do your job, or because of the staff travel issue??
I too have worked in BA Engineering for over 20 years and have seen my job 'dumbed down' by the regulators.
The requirements all those years ago to become a LAE with CAA Section 'L' licenses were much more stringent than the EASA Part 66 licences we all have now.
It's not the management to blame for your predicament regarding job qualifications; it's EASA and the CAA. It is the regulators who decree the minimum qualifications for our jobs and any good management would start recruiting people who met those quals and pay them a salary commensurate with those quals.
Sadly change is part of life. British Airways is constantly evolving and we all have to change with it. If we don't we will only get left behind..........