Mat Max,
I feel sad that you are offended by my opinion. What God given right do you have to disrespect other ppl opinions? The use of the f*** only shows your imaturity.
If you feel pilots have it easy, why don't you or didn't you become one? You know the answer to that. Some good LMEs have gone that way and have become very succesfull. But only the brave and confident ones made it.
I feel I have threaded on a very raw nerves with some LMEs, Technicians or Aircraft Mechanics. You are who you are because you chose to be one. You should be proud of what you do because your job is important in the aviation industry. Without you the airplanes will never become airborne.
The chips you are carying on your shoulders are only slowing you down. Grow up and smell the coffee. No where in the world an engineer/mechanic is going to be compared to a captain, no matter what the circusmstances are.