Cenzo
May I say what a refreshing, articulate and factually rich riposte to some of the bitter nonsense posted on here.
I only had a brief interface with FAA officers during Op Corporate (might have met the WO at the crux of all this?!) and I found them to be as good as any of my fellow officers down there.
It's a shame you have to even divert any of your time to respond to such ridiculous statements - I hope your sentiments have buried the prospects of anyone actually agreeing with the question which started this thread!