"Anyway, thankfully this time the Aviation community won one"
Agree, a win!! well done Dick
"a momentary vision of two or three rather solidly built Gentlemen wearing expensive suits with a conspicious bulge under their left armpits and wrap around mirror sunglasses"
Funny, saw a couple that fitted that description, though I would have said
"men of middle eastern appearance" haranguing a tenant holder about their drains the other day.
I always imagined the "types" you describe were only seen at the back of the room taking names wherever a certain angry man was appearing.