Hmmm...we CFers seem to be in the minority.

At this point I'm going to let go of this. Perhaps I'm wrong, I'm open-minded enough to consider the possibility and to think on it some more. It still doesn't make sense to me, and despite what some of you seem to think, I'm a fairly intelligent person with a long background in aviation.

In the end, being hypothetical and meaningless in the big picture of life, it doesn't matter anyway, and if I'm wrong...well, again despite what some people seem to think, being wrong isn't the end of the world.