I completely agree with all the posts about pilots needing engineers and vice versa, aviation is a team sport and people who don't understand that have no place in it in my honest opinion.
Also, Engineers make me laugh. At my company we have a lot to do with the engineers as the aircraft I fly are nearly (and some as) as old as I am. Usually they come up the stairs to ask us if the aircraft is good and if there weren't any major faults. As I know this I usually already say that directly after saying hello
Only last week it turned out I was mistaken...
Me: Hello! Aircraft is good!
Engineer: No it isn't...
Me: No really it's fine, no major problems (me thinking, engineer might have mixed up the aircraft)
Engineer: No really, it's f*cked
Me: Are you sure?
Engineer: Well.... it depends...
Me: On what...
Engineer: if you qualify a massive puddle of hydraulic fluid under the #1 engine and it still leaking out as no problem...
Me: *quiet and humbled again*