"Getting Old" for you perhaps, but as a "boy pilot", your perception of the big picture is somewhat doubtful. "Fired Second Officers"? Where did that come from? Your obvious guilty feelings about something or other is skewing your judgement, sonny. Straighten up or you may find yourself back in that Caravan/Metro/Seneca doing your Phinda-St Lucia shuttle again.
Remember that only the tall poppies lose their heads, boet.