JJ, if you're resting your case there, you weren't paying attention. You were suggesting instructing was only a way to build time before an airline job- Stan was saying you only bother with an airline job to make you a better instructor!
I don't think we're going to convince you- but you may have missed the real reason for padlocking a post. The originator may feel that you are too far off topic, and not want to receive any more emails telling him there are more posts- I made the mistake of enabling that option the first time I started a topic, and eventually got totally sick of it!