yea, fore sure, its the money. Pilots get paid quite bad these days in a lot of companies.
Anyway, an Engineer wearing 3 stipes on his shoulder told me one day:
"You know what the stripes stand for? 1k for each one, both sides togather"
Found alomst all Engineers very friendly, so maybe you should change the way how you tread them and they will be more friendly even to you.
