Kaptinzz - Sorry to hear you've become jaded - haven't we all...
However -
Gann is an extraordinarily skilled wordsmith - he puts sentences together like few can, his character descriptions especially are very good. He does sometimes dramatize a bit - I 'll give you that - put the fact is people like him did some of the most risky civil flying of all time.
They opened up the mail routes, the transpacific, transatlantic, himalayas and others. His generation created the airlines. Without radar, navigation facilities, de icing or backup. They were the first and many many of them died. I don't think your average crusty Qantas Captain qualifies when it comes to that kind of thing....civil commercial flying was created by Gann's generation and handed to us all under control and safe and boring.