Licenced Aircraft Engineers
Flyboat re Licenced Aircraft Engineers
Many Airlines including
QF,NZ,CX,SQ,MH,TG,EK,QR,EY,BA,AI,9W,BI,CI,BR,KZ, etc etc most of Europe, Africa, Asia etc etc all have them.
They may have only attended school until they were 16, but ever since then they lived, breathed and studied aircraft systems and maintenance,
I am sure when they have a busted jet, most pilots are happy to see a Licenced Aircraft Engineer walk into the aircraft,who knows how to either fix it, or get you going to where it can be fixed.
Degree engineers have their purpose, but a good LAE is worth every bit of $150K per year, especially when they work 3000hours a year, Xmas, New Year, Easter, Birthdays etc etc like me !
Rant over !