TyroPicard
Quite agree my friend,
The beancounters decided to remove the 3rd set of eyes (and ears!) from the flight deck, and no doubt produced reams of statistics on paper to prove that the cost saving was worthwhile.
Anybody who has flown with a professional Flight Engineer, or with a 3 Pilot flight deck, will know that those statistics were flawed.
Just my opinion of course.
Regards
Exeng