Agreed. After reading the 37 page submission from the ALAEA the industry IS in a downward spiral in regards to safety reporting by LAMES's to their non-aviation background puppet managers. What's more concerning is that the industry benchmark ie Qantas group is named in all the occurances in the submission. You have KS from Network (now QLINK) who got the boot by LE for finding defects on a F100 when it came out of a c-check. You have the entire sunstate saga (Qlink) which every LAME in Aus has been aware of. And then you have the whole Jit* pacific saga where once again LAME's doing there job IAW the regs/approved maint data have been completely shafted.
The Q group should be setting the standard - not lowering it. Thanks to the ALAEA for highlighting to the senate the type of treatment LAME's are often subjected to when grounding an aircraft due to safety concerns or
lack of approved test equipment or parts. Commercial pressure is VERY REAL in this day and age and LAME's have a constant fight on their hands to do their job right - by the book/regs without fear of retribution by their employer. Thanks to Steve and the team for all your efforts.