Hoffa,
You just can't get enough of the term scab, can you? Makes you feel morally righteous I suppose. Whatever drug works for you, sport.
I had to laugh at loud at your earnest claim that there are those who would "dedicate their life to making mine miserable". Gee, what a worthy cause, is there a special pledge and secret handshake to go along with it? It takes a lot of effort to hold onto a grudge that tightly, I pity anyone who wastes their life in such a fashion. Cling to the past, maybe it WILL return!
I first applied to CX in 1995, I've stayed "out of the fray" for seven years. If you can't make peace in that time it's not going to happen. So I'm grabbing my gun, (cover me), I'm coming in! Funny though, I never thought it would be fellow pilots I'd have to defend myself against. Great strategy!
"DIVIDE AND CONQUER!"
"Uh, I think they meant the enemy..."