Yeah I know what you mean - given his past statements about "airline pilots preferring to read the newspapers rather than actually look out the window to see and avoid" I am quite sure he has alienated 90% of the working aviation population at some stage.
Nevertheless...
I am quietly confident that Dick will stick to his personal strategy of threatening to run a high-profile and well-funded candidate against the incumbent in the House of Reps. It's what he did against John Andersen and threatened to do against others.
