LAMEs have clear boundaries about what to report, what's serviceable and so on. Many aviation workers are not certified (maybe certifiable
) and don't have such clear guidelines to work with.
LAMEs are ranked high on the aviation pecking order. Same with pilots. Maybe CASA likes you guys.
Maybe they have to like you because you have legislative standing
. If a pilot or a LAME says an aircraft doesn't fly then my understanding is that it doesn't fly. Right?
For the rest of us shmos who lurk in the shadows it's not so simple. We see stuff that's dodgy; we report it and nothing happens. Then what?
What are you trying to achieve here? Are companies ignoring LAME directives? Is that the problem you're trying to address? IMO this is not an issue that affects the upper echelons of aviation, ie the pilots and LAMEs. It affects the serfs who don't have the clout to speak up. I have a hunch that the survey reports you got were from people who aren't LAMEs or pilots and are continually ignored because they don't have that clout. After all, who cares what they think?
Do you?