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To: naturalman1975

An airplane mechanic is not an engineer.

He did become an engineer the war. But why exaggerate?


5 posted on 07/14/2016 1:57:32 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: 2banana
He did become an engineer the war.

I don't understand this sentence, can you explain?

6 posted on 07/14/2016 1:58:43 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: 2banana

In Britain an aircraft mechanic is called an “engineer”. In the US the term is “mechanic, or A&P mechanic. Other parts of the world call them “technicians” .

Same job, different countries.


10 posted on 07/14/2016 2:03:41 PM PDT by wrench
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To: 2banana

It might be a British-ism


11 posted on 07/14/2016 2:04:22 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: 2banana

Why be a prig? Nobody was trying to trick you....


43 posted on 07/14/2016 3:52:28 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
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