Balti, It didn't actually say which ,if any, companies are paying their Engineers more than their pilots. The future dictates that the gap between both will narrow. Someone will realise one day that aircraft *cannot* fly till the Engineer has supplied the sign off.
Jetfueldrinker, I have a feeling you and I work for the same company too, although in a diferent location, (maybe wrong ). Do the intials N.W. bring despair to your thoughts!
One last point, Balti, if Engineers allow elitest pilots to treat them as dirty little people, The Engineers themselves need to address the problem. I, along with many others, consider myself equal to anyone I work with. We have the repect of 98% of flight deck. The only group of people who perhaps dont understand our importance are cabin crew. Nuff said !!!