Pompous ill-mannered prats seem to inhabit all walks of life - several of the architectural and engineering grads who joined our business over the years were incredibly self-regarding and needed a serious bringing down to earth; one in particular threatened to complain to his director about my refusal to organise changing the mugshot on his building pass to one that made him look cooler. Who sees it unless he is showing it round his friends? I replied "OK, let's go and see Geoff now, I'll enjoy watching him rip you a new ar$ehole for wasting the time of three senior members of staff".
Most of my contact with aviation people is through this site; in my experience those who have done the most are least inclined to boast and incredibly tolerant of the bumbling enthusiasts and neophytes like me.