You and Hughes are wrong about my reasons for decrying many wealthy amateurs - nothing to do with envy and everything to do with safety.
How many wealthy amateurs have created smoking holes and taken innocent people with them? And that is in fully certified aircraft not experimental ones.
I don't believe for a moment it's envy, but I'm equally sure it's nothing to do with safety. If I were to guess I'd say it's more about an aggrieved righteous sense of who deserves to have the flying experience.