Here in the USA we are titled as "technitions". I would much prefer the title of Engineer, once you looze it it will be gone forever. We are actually classified as unskilled labour thanks to airlines before my time such as Eastern. Aircraft maintenance to them is what a car is to us, a liability not an asset. This cultural ideal is distructive and dangerous, they don't seem to understand the concept of you get what you pay for! The bean counters have no scale for quality = reliability, or are pressured not to venture into this issue as it would reveal a costly answer.