A Squared
Beautifully put.
I think you are wasting your time though, I have given up trying to win this argument because I have come to realise that there is no argument to have.
Either consciously or unconsciously, I think all pilots know the truth of your argument.
I just think that many who have put in hard years at the hind tit under a seniority system are just hoping that the emperors new clothes will not be exposed before they retire....
They knew the truth when they were junior, they know the truth now.