Well,
From the guys who've been to LAX the last year or two, it's well known to be a "cheapest way to get the maintenance signed off" type of operation. Nothing to do with getting the maintenance "done"
When AirNair gets the mexican guys to turn up at the 50 yard line at 0700 to "perform" all the maintenance on the 380's/744's after working a full nightshift on their own A/C, it surely must be worlds best practice.
All inspection tasks "signed off" with of course NO Defects - these are not allowed. All aided and abetted by AirNair and his lapdogs Storesy and Hey Would. A few more in a long line of former LAME's who are still "on the books" as LAME's because they won't give up the pay and conditions that have been fought for over 50-60 years. Meanwhile, CN states that LAME's are overstocked - if he got rid of these guys off the books who aren't fixing A/C, then there wouldn't be too many.
A current situation,
- There's a grade 15 avionic LAME
- He's got a 380 rating and payment
- He's a former DMM, yet also retains that payment
- He is on the books as a leading hand of a 380 crew
- He's getting paid full shift penalties as if working 24/7 shift
Result,
- He comes to work when he feels
- As he is on the books as a LAME, he will force another
younger/less qualified guy out the door.
- He is actually doing a "managers role" for a completely
different station, so is providing nothing to the crew/section
that he is technically allocated to.
- On a day to day basis he uses none of his aircraft type training
and/or experience.
- He refuses to be taken off the LAME award as it is so much better
and he loves to be the 200k guy and tell everyone!
Don't get me wrong, this guy is a good engineer, highly trained and
extremely competent. Thing is, he is not using any of this knowledge
or experience to fix/maintain A/C.
If he wants to go play manager, then that's fine - no problem. But for
chr**^sakes, make him take a lowly managers wage, he sure isn't earning it as a LAME.
Australian jobs destroyed by these clowns and worse still, the level of safety reduced once again in the name of saving a dollar.
'Safety before schedule' - a completely laughable tagline.