Maybe if you lost the attitude people might be prepared to listen to you?
This is also true of quite a few (not all) of the mil pilots I have dealt with over the years. Many seem to think that they are the most important aircraft in the sky and get a strop on when they don't get what they want.
I have also been in a meeting with a Sqn Ldr FJ pilot who stated that if he didn't get descent when required, he'd descend anyway using the "big sky" theory.