The sooner its got rid of the better. Roll on 2012.
What a totally ridiculous and undeserved comment.
If I was making such a comment, suggesting that ripping several thousand pilots of some privilege is somehow desirable, I would feel a moral obligation to disclose the full story about how I obtained my pilot papers, over the years... A pity that one of the most hilarious pilot forum threads ever was deleted (for legal reasons, I assume) after only about 3 days