Not a convincing argument on its own, dear chap...
Oh well, how about this one then...it's only the internet. And this is the hyperspace equivalent of a heated chat in the bar and all opinions are heard?
I am unconvinced by your logic, as all of our chuntering is anonymous, unattributable and we could all be plane-spotters on our Mum's internet connection...even you. And as Easy Street rightly says, large numbers of peeps were shafted by the clowns at PMA...so a lot of flying careers (but by no means all) are by virtue of being at the right place, right time, no cutbacks, etc. As I said, ask last year's crop of ex-Plt Offrs what they think about quotas?
Now back to Prince Harry and his trophy...