Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
BTW, are engineers experts in fixing every part of a modern aircraft or do they specialize? Also, what about parts, tools, and other equipment? And can most repairs be completed by only one person?
Maybe it is so that they speak 'engineer'. If you had someone not conversant in dealing with engineering problems an airline would probably have to send someone out to diagnose the problem, before sending out the 'correct' engineer to actually fix it.