Your forgetting that some fighter pilots are actually trained in engineering either before they are commissioned, or as part of their training, including test p

Your forgetting that some fighter pilots are actually trained in engineering either before they are commissioned, or as part of their training, including test pilot school which as much about engineering as actual flying. I know a pilot who didn't go to the fleet, went to Ft Meade instead. Flying jets is quite technical, and understanding avionics is not that much different than understanding a network.