Latest Albuquerque news. Local news fro Santa Fe, DFurango, Framington, Roswell, New Mexico from KRQE News 13., ... Solving problems is also one of the jobs of flight engineers. They must learn every system and a lot moer. Hes a tail ugnner, rescue hoist operator, loadmaster, actual flight enginerer, radio operatro, kind of a jack of all trades, Tech Sgt. Jeremy Hoye said. Maintenance crews keep all the aircraft flying. Its a very thankless job. ...