Virgin, if being commercially and contractually aware makes me a bean counter, then I am one, so what!. Perhaps you should consider talking to a bean counter now and then, might save you a lawyers bill in the long run!.
And yes I expect any flying machine I go in to be well run and safely operated, it does as you say, 'say it all', whats wrong with that?. If those two criteria cause you trouble, well says it all really