I'm a Pilot, fairly new to the company, and prepared to admit it! Some of us are even house trained, though I have to admit that many of my colleagues can be less than supportive of engineering, for which I apologise on their behalf.
That said, I have to agree with Old Hand, such descriptions of any person in any job are out of order. I would stop any pilot from using nasty terms to describe an engineer, and would hope that we could all refrain from such perjorative terms, even on PPRUNE.
All the best for Xmas and the [real!] new millenuim, and thank you engineering for keeping me alive in servicable aircraft so that I can get home to spend Xmas with my wife and kids [and the rats ... pet rats that is, and must'nt forget the stick insects].
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