Lads, give up, accept the fact that you are dealing with Sir Humpfrey Appleby, I have seen it from both sides, and never the twain shall meet. I spent 40 Years trying to make sense of it. I am still waiting. I went into BASI (stupidly) trying to keep my young family in Australia after THAT year. I soon learnt that civil pilots, and BASI had absolutely nothing in common, in fact they came from two different planets. There has been no reason for me to ever change my mind.