I'm sorry to say that even if we don't like it I believe that Dick is right in many cases. It is just that many of us in aviation dont want any change and are prepared to pay for the status quo.
There have been a number of examples over the past years where knowing how some of his ideas are taken, they have been put forward by others and have taken off. It is really sad when there are obviously many of us that won't entertain anything that comes from Dick even if it is a good idea.
Give the idea so someone else and in the examples that I have seen it gets a fair run.
Something wrong with that approach I say!