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Subject:Restricting Use of 'Engineer' -Reply From:"Mark D. Walker" <MWALKER -at- CONNECT4 -dot- SLC -dot- UNISYSGSG -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 19 Aug 1994 13:45:42 -0700
Lallie Heard wrote:
>If they succeed in restricting the use of the title "Engineer," what
>will we call the people who drive the trains?
How about "railway propulsion unit control specialists"? It should
fit right in with the all other silly, P.C. job titles that have been
cropping up recently.