I find this thread sad - there are egos in the aviation industry that would teach Mussolini a thing or two.
Regardless of fly_antonov's position on the greasy pole, I suggest that the bile and invective should be directed at the FTOs and individual charlatans who, while technically being correct err on the amoral side of business practice.
fly_antonov - if you are indeed the puppy that Anne.Nonymous suggests, read the last two lines of W.B. Yeats' 'He wishes for the cloths of heaven'
...I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
Although out of his context, they are appropriate for thoughts here. I, for one, would appreciate some compassion for people trying to get useful, thoughtful information from useful, thinking people.