Originally Posted by
Wensleydale
On the E-3, the GEs get (or at least did when I was there) an aircraft safety course which qualifies them as Supernumerary Crew. This means that they do not require the same amount of briefing, and probably more important, crew escorts when flying with a crew on to a deployment. They can also operate the galley and the basic equipment such as light switches and of course, they know what to do and where to go in an emergency.
Which is not an OCU that qualifies you and also operating light switches/galley/toilet is not the same. Otherwise, I’m ‘qualified’ on every airline flight type I’ve ever flown on! Also, swing it around, just because I’m qualified to do an aircrew turn around doesn’t make me a ground engineer (and nor should it).