keepitrealok: Might I commend you on a particularly succinct appreciation of the facts, and therein bravo & well said !
For what it's worth, I too (at the airline across on the other side of the airfield) have recently resigned from it - with a smidgeon over 7 years here - and, outside of the Cmd aspects (as already in LHS), I did so for many of the reasons that you (and adel) have stated above; ergo, it's the same over (t)here too!