Originally Posted by
Stratosphere
Agree with all said here although I will say that there are plenty of documented disasters that fall strictly on mechanics or poor maintenance practices. AA 191, AS 261, JAL 123 just as a few examples. While you are correct that the flight crew and names are public after a crash if a crash is caused by poor maintenance you can bet they will track down the maintenance records for years if need be so where your responsibility ends when your flight ends mine can come back to haunt me years later if a plane should crash from a poor repair I made when I was having a bad day months or years ago.
Haunt you for years?
None of those flight crews made it home to their beds, and in some cases, there was barely enough to scrape up to put in a matchbox.
There's a hell of a difference there.
You might pay with your certificate. The crew pays with their life. And the lives of everyone else on board.
You understand the difference?
Originally Posted by
Glenntilton
But I think airline maintenance personnel should be paid well.
How nice of you. And helpful, too.