The information I have suggests that BZ's engineering title was more of an honorific
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Bernard Ziegler (born March 12, 1933) is the former Airbus senior vice president for engineering. He is well known for his evangelical zeal for the application of the fly-by-wire system in the Airbuses. He is the son of the former Airbus CEO, Henri Ziegler.
Bernard Ziegler was born in Boulogne sur Seine, France. He was educated in the École Polytechnique (1954), as an engineer and École de l'Air (1955), for his pilot training and military commission.
In 1961, he continued his studies and joined the National School of Aeronautics and Space (SUPAERO) and then at the School aircrew testing and reception (EPNER) - School of test pilots. He then entered the flight test center in 1968 and became chief test pilot of the Dassault Mirage G1.
Mr. Ziegler began his career as a fighter pilot in the French air force. He saw action in the Algerian War and was decorated twice. Principal medals and decorations received include the Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite, Médaille de l'Aéronautique, Croix de la Valeur Militaire and Officier de la Légion d'honneur.
It's seems to me that BZ have more than a "honorific tittle" of engineer ...
Honorific are his list of medals ... engineer tittle .. certainly not.
He was certainly not considered in the Airbus project as a "honorific guest engineer" ...