i,m gone,
yes i agree mate ,respect has to be earned no doubt,however but there is an another little thing called common courtesy.
in my 15 or so years mostly in ga i would have to say my one and only meeting with mr morris was by far the most unpleasent experience of my aviation life.
i myself have been a chief pilot of a ga company and during that time i had many low time cpl's come looking for work.
even during the most flat out days i could always find a few minutes to talk to these people,even if it was to arrange a more convienent time to talk.(maybe like other chief pilots and management pilots i still remember what it was like out looking for your first job with 200 hours.)
for all those pilots out there no yet working, yes its a very tough time in aviation at the moment but if you are persistent you will get work.