You folks are right. CX pilots are the biggest blowhards you will ever encounter. Big tuff guys who will do nothing when it is time to fight. They historically ask the outsider to do the dirty work. I know, left after 14 years.
I will tell you. It's a toxic place to be. I fell for the palace on the hill too. It quickly turns to crap. Aided by small penis and pasty skinned aussies and brits. All willing to stab a fellow aviator in the back for $$.