Engineers versus CASA and the Operators (not pilots)
Winstun
The AN F/Es provided a substantial amount of real time trend monitoring and snapshot parameters that they could not capture without an F/E. It's common knowledge...but nothing to do with the topic.
However, I agree that if it weren't for industrial clout they would never have been there.
Gee, just like the LAMEs are being forced to do...
And of course there has never been a case of a US Operator being in breach of regulations.