Originally Posted by john_tullamarine
Buster,
PEng .. Professional Engineer .. not generally in Oz practice .. common in US. Local Oz accreditation via Engineers Australia is CPEng ..Chartered Professional Engineer .. England CEng .... indicates registration standing within the engineering fraternity.
.. and, from the folks who brought you Penguin .. try Ing in the European arena ...
Actually we call them a PFE (pro. flight eng.). And they are not very common over here, some of the cargo companies use them. The 121 passenger carriers who used engineers mostly used new hire pilots for the FE seat. Although perhaps more common than in Australia... it's all relative I suppose.