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Old 26th Oct 2014, 05:32
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Aveng get over it. The B1 rating is here to stay. A B1 is hardly ever likely to even use a megger, the rating is for avionic lrus troubleshooting/replacement that can be bite tested or with simple go/no go testing, it's not rocket science! If you've got a problem with it petition CASA that they've got it wrong. Getting upset at your fellow engineers for certifying what they're entitled to certify for isn't going to stop the condensing of functions to less people.

Aircraft flying around these days are not from the 50-60s anymore, hence the reason the industry evolved from single catagory engineers, eng or a/f, elec or inst or radio. Then the 70s-80s generation aircraft with the merged eng+a/f, e+i+r engineers. Today's aircraft engineering certification requirements are driven by bean counters in concert with regulators to suit today's reality. Evolve like the rest of the world already did 10 years ago or get left behind even further.

Besides, what has this got to do with the LAMEs that got sacked and have now been reinstated? The only thing that will save those jobs in the future is attrition, not trying to justify to the world that B1s are a failure and should be revoked.
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