No arguments from me, but some of those pen-pushers and sundry PONTIs and cocktail party warriors are aircrew on a non-flying assignment (in the USAF we call it "career broadening", which may be in reference to what happens to your Gluteus Maximus from sitting at a desk al day!)
I was hoping some would sink low enough to admit they've had an assignment to SHAPE and could provide some gouge. I met a guy yesterday who just came from there (saw a silver Volvo V70 wagon with Belgian license plates, and since we interested in getting that exact same car, I stopped to chat). He told me about the great deal he got on the car, and when I asked him what he did at SHAPE, he said he was in the band! <img src="rolleyes.gif" border="0"> <img src="rolleyes.gif" border="0"> <img src="rolleyes.gif" border="0">
Cheers!