As the managing and then executive editor of Flying Magazine from roughly 1968 to 1978--you can look it up, I'm not going to bother--I flew, tested and wrote about a variety of aircraft from Stearmans and Pittses to a B-17 and a Super Constellations, both at Flying and as a freelance aviation writer from then until today. (My full name is Stephan Wilkinson, just to help with your search.)
Oh, and I also built, owned and flew an F8L Falco that made one of the longest flights ever made by a homebuilt airplane. You can look that up too. And I have a variety of ratings including one jet type rating.
There are other ways to learn about flight than spending a career flying five airliner types. I never said I was "a professional" other than to have made my living flying aircraft.
And you?
Oh, and by the way, this thread started out in Rumours and News, which is where I initially responded to it. I don't frequent passenger forums.