Here we go again - mine's bigger than yours/I'm more important than you/I'm cleverer than you can understand, etc, etc, etc, etc.
When did you last hear drivers wittering on about P1 is more important than P2 (or similar)?
Aren't we all aiming to fix the damn thing and chuck it back up in the air so we all get paid?
Agreed the new system is c**p and the old one wasn't perfect either, but as engineers we sure as s**t won't get anywhere if we spend all our energy rubbishing each other.
Perhaps the system should require all approved engineers to be approved in all disciplines?
I never heard crew saying "I'm a better pilot because I do the landings and he only does the cruising bit in the middle...." - 'cos they all do all parts.
Why don't we? Think of the approval pay.....
