"At least it is better than being some wannabe aircrew person, scumbag journo who thinks he knows everything"
Wannabe? Too old. Aircrew person? Not professionally. Journo? Yes. Scumbag? Quite possibly.
But I am also a pilot (amateur), I grew up in an RAF family, I am ex-UAS, and I do have stick time in a range of helos, and I have flown or flown in helicopters from R-22 to Mi-26, (or military from Gazelle to Mi-24) and with air forces from the US to Poland.
None of which means that I know everything, of course, nor have I ever made that claim. But that, coupled with knowing a 'cleaner' or two, does give me an opinion, and I hope that I have the humility to know the limitations of that opinion.