Greetings Oval - Not Like you to flip off on a Tangiential "Freighter Pilot" rant? Like I'm never, ever, sarcastic. Also to whom do you refer when you say "They're" .. (too programmed); a particular subset of the 747 Pilots, or all of them as I believe all but a few, if not 100% are now flying the whole fleet?
Sorry team, back to the ATC incident/useful discussion.....