There is a class of pr1ck in this world that deliberately manufactures "incidents" by rigid application of rules far beyond what is reasonable.
Examples include pelletons of bicycle riders on main roads who deliberately obstruct traffic, goons who take advantage of the fact that there are no minimum speed limits to block traffic, and on the water, "power gives way to sail" yachting idiots who go out of their way to inconvenience powerboats.
It sounds to me from the tone of these discussions that there is also a class of commercial airline captains who think they have pre eminent rights to the sky and are not above manufacturing incidents with bug smashers in support of that belief.
Anyone who has flown into LAX in daylight who looks out the window can attest to the huge mix of aircraft from B747 to C172 on all sorts of convergent tracks going about their daily business without a care. Bloggs, you are full of it.