If you read my post a little more closely, you would see where I said there are other jobs out there which are held to the standard, but not many. But of these you listed, are truck drivers, bus drivers and FAs required to meet a medical standard every year? Are they video taped or voice recorded in the performance of their duties? Do the bus and truck drivers have to requalify their driving skills yearly?

This has nothing to do with an inflated ego. If the company and government want to treat me like a cubicle worker for pay and promotion, then I shouldn't be held to a higher employment standard than those same workers.