Speaking for myself i have always found licensed maintenance engineers to be very down to earth ,dedicated, knowlegable people and certainly not the sort to cry wolf, if their concerned id be inclined to listen.
spot on Topspotter, except where emotionalism over one's salary gets into it.
By the looks of this thread everybody's opinions are suspect by somebody.
Well since we can't just sit around expecting Gus at the corner bar to fix it, I guess we're going have to just let the system that we've got get on with it.