"Typical pilot attitude: because I am pilot, I am highly trained, I am in command of $200m aircraft, I am God, and therefore the company should give me special benefits. "
Your words, not his, minglestar... and the one with the chip on their shoulder would be whom I wonder?
Have you considered the fact that it's our 'office' up there and hence we occasionally get just a little roused when 'clerks' from each and every department see fit to begin dictating our 'office' policy?