F/E...an honorable job, but a dead end position (like radio operator and navigator). The job lives on, while older aircraft still fly, but these positions are diminishing rapidly. This is NOT a career entry level position. I really wish we had them on my flight deck. We don't; that's reality, and the future. F/E's don't have political pull, and can't buck obsolencence (as 'connected' entities can, like the anachronistic Concorde).