Agree entirely save for warm room and cosy chair I would say that the perspective frequently suggests they are downwind in the circuit on a lovely summer's day. They also appear never to have read an accident report in their lives and therefore cannot subscribe to the theory that there are any lessons to be learnt from what has gone before.
What 'has gone before' include 'Sioux City', the Everglades and countless other lessons about improbable outcomes to unlikely events. Wise virgins would be well-read on such topics and put their own veneer of experience on to the advice given in the RFM.
As to the quality of CPs - what can you expect when you have an industry almost totally devoid of managerial training and consequently constantly populated by more ex-CPs that current CPs.
G