The comments of 411A and Con-Pilot, even if meant to be taken jokingly, are offensive to me and many other F/E's who take, or took, their job seriously.
I have/had no intentions of being offensive toward you or any other Professional Flight Engineer. If I have caused any offense I do apologize.
In fact when I had one of our Professional Flight Engineers on the crew I was a lot more relaxed than when I had a Pilot/FE in the Engineer's seat. I could trust a professional not to screw up.
My attempt at humor was directed at the pilot/FE that sat in that seat.
I never had a Professional FE leave the APU running after takeoff.
I never had a Professional FE leave all the generators off line and still have essential power still powered by the APU as I started to pull out on the runway to takeoff. (Looked like a goddamn Christmas tree back there.)
I never had a Professional FE nearly run the number 2 fuel tank out of fuel.
I never had a Professional FE sit in the jump seat and refuse to help loading the baggage compartments because he was hungry and I couldn't find any food for him at 04:00 hours at a Air Force Base during a Special Operations mission.
I could go on, but I hope you get my point.