41, (if I may make so bold as to call you by your first name), I think it’s time someone said this to you in words of less than three syllables:
The vast majority of people on this site quite frequently (almost always?) ‘miss your (many) points entirely.”
Now where I come from, if the message isn’t getting through to the VAST MAJPRITY of those reading it, we tend to question whether it is the sender who is at fault rather than the many receivers.
Your well known and all too often quoted phobia regarding anyone occupying a driver’s seat in an aeroplane (sorry airplane) earning more than sweatshop rates has lead you deeply into the realms of bad taste in opening this thread. If you’ve “personally have done very well in 35 years of airline flying, worldwide”, why in the world do you feel this apparent compulsive need to try to ensure no one else does?