Para...
The most intelligent post of the entire thread....Period...Nice Job and great insight....
Dani...BTW...411A may be beyond "your" concept of "modern aviation", but without him and many, many others like him (E.K. Gann and Dick Merrill come to mind) you wouldn't be where you are today (if in fact you are anywhere)...
Read some Robert Serling and learn about "Kimes, White, Caroll and Duescher", or soak in some "From The Captain To The Colonel", or "Wings Of Man", or even "Probable Cause" (the story of the L-188 Electra) and then try to enter a pissing contest w/ 411A or anyone else her who knows what "Command Authority" is all about...