Where were the local applicants when the jobs were advertised?
Are there any A330/A320 LAME's available even now.
I am aware there are some casuals who have bought schools, but even those will expect to be flown from their home ports, given accomodation and cars, as they have when supporting the H/Maint line.
As far as I'm aware, there was simply no one available at the time.
In reference to a previous post, the roughly 20 LAME's trained since were in Mel alone. I am aware that training also went to outports.
Experience doesn't come when you recieve your rating unfortunately.
Anyone have a practical solution?