Mr C Hinecap
Go back and read my post. I specifically said that no one had the right to look down on anyone else.
I specifically did not comment on the groundcrew and specialists that fix highly complex kit. I mentioned OC MT because I could do their job. I could not do the specialists job and therefore did not mention it. If you look again you might also notice that when mentioning the primary role of the Air Force I did not place restrictions on a\c role or rank.
To reach front line FJ requires a great deal of talent and hard work and as such most people I know in that position would respect anyone who has a similar talent and work ethic, whatever their rank. That does not mean that they have to consider them equals.
You will find most people in front line FJ appointments have very little time for people with lots of talent who do little work or hard workers with little ability.
If you look back to the long summer of 1940 I am sure you will find no shortage of elitism and perhaps more than a touch of arrogance - it didn't seem to do them too much harm, although if the shop steward mentality often displayed on these pages had been in evidence then, I dare say I'd be slapping my lederhosen and breaking wind to the tune of Horst Wessel.
p.s. no idea what shifty fix means!