Aviation is a funny business. Arthur Scragill should have been in aviation, not coal. Every time Maggie tried to whack him with her handbag (unlikely in the first place in aviation) he could have just held up a banner with the magic "S" word and everybody would have backed off.
The "S" concept has enabled aviation to engage in a lot of empire building because most of those bankrolling the businesses haven't got a clue about it.
The problem with this business culture is that attracts (via job applications) and breeds anally retentive types, who think that not wearing a yellow jacket is the end of the world and is going to kill everybody within 10nm. God knows what these character types do when they get home. Perhaps becoming an ISO9000 quality manager, or maybe even a chief
REACH compliance officer, is the holy grail?