No kidding. When people write things such as

reading one of his missives I’ve guffawed out loud

I thought, who writes or talks like that? It really makes one sound a bit out of touch (I could have said aloof) with one's job. Me thinks if there weren't people more interested in using that book that converts one word to a bigger sounding word, you guys just might get along and have a jcba. Trust me, management is way smarter than the average big-missived pilot. Y'all beating each other up over who has the best missive in the land ain't getting the job done and in fact is helping to put more gifts under the mgmt xmas tree.