Originally Posted by
FE Hoppy
There is no flight engineer on an RJ.
Trust me, if there was they wouldn't have run out of fuel.
May I be so bold to presume what is postulated here is that such a FE would have unstrapped hisself, stood up, reached in his kit bag for one of his meaty adjustable spanners, klocked the captain round the head with it and safely landed the plane at the nearest for a quick sip of fuel. Now before you all start screaming and saying it is not cricket, not the proper thing to do and all that, just remember the good old days when such a suitable object was standard eqpt in the rear cockpit within easy reach of the instructor.