Not a political thread
Chaps and Chappesses,
Whilst I see the relevance of W'strums post and the follow-ups with supporting and counter-arguments, I fear we may have changed heading somewhat. (I myself dropped out of the hold pool just over 2 years ago and had to re-apply due to the recession so I really DO understand!)
There is a level of politics in everything, however, this is one of THE most useful threads on Pprune; I'm not sure turning this into a political debate is helping.
Just as a sanity check more than anything else guys.