Di Vosh I reakon your on the money, funny thread by the way.
I know that if I had time spare I would always make my way to the hangar and find something to do be it Washing, Polishing, Degreasing you name it.
I didnt do it to brown nose I did it because I was proud to hop into that plane with Pax/Students.
By the way the new generation of pilots nowadays wouildn't even know were the dip stick is, they get everytihng done for them, which is a bit sad, I learned heaps from hanging around a hangar.
Final note j3piper get a grip on life it's OK everynow and again showning a bit of initiative and maybe getting rewarded for it.
Cheers,
Rwy 01