The comment came because that's how you feel about pilots, it shows in many of your posts. As an ex Lame and a current ATPL it confuses me a bit because the guys and girls in both fields are the same.....ie a cross section of the community.
Why are you so worried about pilots being arrogant and how much perceived power pilots have? If a pilot is arrogant or thinks they have more authority than they do don't worry about it. You've got your gig sorted and all your Engineering colleagues ( who presumably are less arrogant) to interact with. Life's good. Just relax
