Torque - you mean you've never gone on det with the engineers and done a bit of no ranks team building ?
It's the smug supercilious (sp) attitude between the aircrew and the engineers that, particularly on fast jets, makes a sqn less able.
And yes I speak from seeing good bonding and bad, a well bonded sqn gets far more done than one where the engineers think all the jockeys are useless ham fisted stinking monkeys and the aircrew are of the opinion the engineers are fat lazy uckers playing should have tried harder types - for an unbiased opinion have a little look on ARRSE