P3 - you have never shared a crewroom or cockpit with me or you would know that I am not in the least bit the way you seem to believe.
I am not bitter - disappointed that my experience won't be used to help further the new SAR service but not bitter because they objected to my criticism. What were they actually afraid of??
In many respects they did me a favour - there comes an age when getting dragged out of bed in the wee small hours for a 4-hour search in sh*te weather rather loses its appeal - I think I have been there for a while.
I have new challenge which better utilises my 'allegedly' good instructional skills which I would have missed out on had I been part of the managed transition.
In short - don't try to judge me unless you actually know me - perhaps try talking to some of those that do before you point the finger.