SAA was on FOX news today and guess what, the number 1 vendor for UPS has plane mechanics that cannot read or write English. All the manuals (well airbus kinda) are written in English, and how can the plane be fixed if the mechanic cannot understand the manual? A former FAA Inspector broke the case of mechanics having A&P tickets BUT unable to read or write English, which is part of FAR 65. The sad part of the story is after these people work on our aircraft the plane start flying revenue for us and if something breaks or becomes undone, then it is up to UPSCO line mechanics to find and repair. No wonder planes out of heavy check have so many "bugs" to work out.