Hello Flight Engineer Randy Foster

Sometimes  as a volunteer we wear the uniform we worked for American. Yes it is a museum piece also.

Drop by and check us out.

 
Flight Engineers are a rare breed these days and won't be around much longer. Flying as a passenger, you probably haven't seen one in 10 years or so. The passenger airlines retired their three-person aircraft years ago and even the freight carriers are phasing out their 727s, DC-8s and 747 "Classics". When we retire the last of our 727s that will be it for our Engineers.
Many in the airline business started out their careers as Flight Engineers, also called Second Officers (a holdover from back when airliners had larger crews).
I personally started with American as a A& E mechanic. That is a Aircraft and Engine Mechanic.