I come on here, humbly, to suggest that perhaps Pete may have been mistreated and then all kinds of vile accusations get thrown at me.
Are there any reasonable people out there? Can't you see that perhaps he is reading all of this and is deeply hurt by all this hatred being directed at him? Yes, he may have exaggerated a little here and there, but we all do don't we? After all, we are pilots and are prone to bouts of egomania. "Look at me, I'm a friggin' pilot!!!" "whoopdee flippin' doo!". Etc.
He did perhaps wield his superior intellect and crush a dimwit here, and imbecile there, and he probably should apologize for that. However, others here should apologize to him too. You know who you are.
I am prepared to mediate the situation. I shall attempt to locate Pete and see if I can organize a reconciliation. If anyone has a contact address, please PM me the details.