It was a sad day when the Flight Engineers went.
They were good value in so many ways.
We generally had a couple on SH squadrons.
lsh
Amen to that, Ish. I started out on the Hastings with a crew of 6 (Capt, Co, Nav, Eng, Sig, and AQM). Reduced down to 5 on the C-130K (Capt, Co, Nav, Eng, and ALM). Finally there were just two of us left on the F/D when I went civvie, with the No.1 and her cabin crew down the back. Not wishing to tread on anyone's toes, but the ones I missed the most as a civvie were the Flt Engs with their tech insight into the very bowels of an aircraft (plus
we had now to top up the oils, supervise the refuelling, and even, on the 1-11, unload de-min barrels from the hold and pump it into the tank!).
Sitting between us on take-off or landing it was the Eng who invariably first spotted the slightest unwarranted twitch of a gauge. Glad they could help out on the SH Sqns!
As to Qualified Multi-Engine Tactics Instructors; no, I don't know either.