I'm not even going to bother with your comment on sausage factories, as I actually happen to agree with your sentiments there. Fortunately I am a far cry from that system, even though I happen to have a plank CPL my current employment is actually flying sar helo's.
A simple 'if anyone's heading in that direction' would've sufficed though, without putting all the constraints and attacking the ppl's, you never know, there may have been a guy that just needed an excuse to head down your way to burn off some hours and strap down your prop in the back..
I'm always too happy to help out other drivers too if the need arises..