Lovegroove,
You will find that the clever people at certain MRO's know that the B1 and B2 requirement for support staff at Base Maintenance has also been removed, as long as companies can show that staff are trained and experienced enough (even without a B licence) to certify others in tasks not requiring duplicate or other critical tasks. One MRO, I have seen ex car mechanics's, trained up to A licence level and a few years on a type filling in a log book designed for such positions, now in a position to sign off DVIs and lower tasks as self certs and oversign other tasks at a very low level, recently the privillage of a B1 only.. Company Approvals as in the old days of BCAR and the French system prior to EASA are back.. There will not be the need for so many B1/B2s within base maint.
Where is Matmax??
However, nothing has changed to stop you getting your basic licence. If you get that, there could be a lucky break going to get you up the ladder and over the other hurdles.. A "why don't I look at AJS?" one night on my laptop has ended up as employment on a wage a lot more than I would ever earn at my previous employer and a rating on the way, with the prospects that other ratings will come along later.. If you ain't got the basic, you can have nothing!
