Big E, you are right in some of what you say (about the certification privileges of a B1 holder). And the guy responsible for dobbing you in without raising the issue with you first sounds like a tool.
However the domain of the unrestricted B1 guy has now shut the door on the career path of many LAME's, and right in the middle of some of their careers. There is an imbalance of training between trades (the 380 was testament to that), and it is obvious that a lot of B1 restricted guys (and most B2's) will be tossed onto the scrap heap, all but a select chosen few.
Even most of the B2 MA holders that were trained up to a B1 unrestricted qualification have been dumped by the company with no follow up or commitment to SOE or conversion to a licence.
I have even heard some of the chosen few tell the managers not to carry out any more licence training in their department as they have enough coverage, then watch them moan about being flogged through their meal breaks and smashing the OT.
It is very easy to sit back and point fingers at the disgruntled when your own career path is a bright and rosy picture. Sure some people are peeved off about it, let them have their say. Sitting back and copping it won't fix things, nor is it unprofessional to raise these issues.
We are not all in this together (unfortunately).
Last edited by Ngineer; 2nd Nov 2014 at 05:02.