Put it down perhaps to the Australian healthy disrespect for authority. As with any organisation you find both up and down sides, and as with most people, you find a tendency for the negatives to be talked about rather than the positives. (It has been said that the only time you hear anything positive of a person is at their funeral). Its probably a reflection on the desire of most people to try and improve on what they see about them. I spent my time with Esso and would rate it as the best job in the world, that is not to say there was no down side. See the item by Peter Tickner at
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...hreadid=180205
I ranked Peter as among the best, if not the best, C & T pilot I ever had the privilege of flying with.