Respect has to be earned, it sounds like some of these politicians need to learn that.
As for flying and bus driving, I thought most of the job was fairly routine, it's just that when you're on finals and the engines don't respond, or the wheels won't come down, or a windscreen blows out, or all the engines stop, or a bird tries to stow away in an engine, you get to really earn the money. Driving a bus doesn't quite have the same potential, somehow.