Flight Engineers
Do pilots on the 744 and newer a/c miss the flight engineer?
Not talking about the safety aspects here, but just the company of TWO others in the flightdeck, esp over long haul.
I once flew a 727 a few years back, and was allowed to sit in the jump seat - the banter between the three guys was amusing and looking back to it, it seems now with only two in the cockpit.. isn't life a little lonelier?