Does anyone remember the 1970s Flight Safety film 'Distractions?'
IIRC, the plot is that a Jag Sqn Flt Commander gets nibbled to death by ducks for two days and then goes flying. He's late for a range slot as a result of being overburdoned by trivia, rushes his checks and leaves the MASB at safe. When he loses and engine after takeoff, he presses the clearance button which doesn't work because it's not armed. He crashes and dies.
One of his many hassles is that he has to go to handbrake house for some trivia. As he's walking out of the door in his flying suit, the boss tells him to get changed into his blues as OC Admin wouldn't like it!
Seems it was happening then. The wheel turns!