No disrespect to C10 pilots, but aren't fighter\bomber pilots the top of their class? I'm not a USAF vet, but I would think most fighter pilots scored higher than other pilots at flight school.

Not to say that makes them better leaders...

IANAD, but your example of the appendix is not a clear cut case. How most of the human body actually functions on a microbial level is not understood. The appendix could serve a function that is perhaps redundant, but helpful.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermiform_appendix#Possible_secondary_functions

At the bare minimum, you need to move closer to where you work. Your commute is costing you your health and is eating your paycheck. Looking at the money you are making versus the costs, you might be better off working at the 7-11 down the street.

Where does your social life fit in to this? I know when I work a 60+ hour week I need the weekend just to unwind, let alone see friends or do things I enjoy.

My solution, get an apartment within 5 miles of your work and then ride a bicycle there.

Well gee, maybe the hundreds of employees who work, eat, and live near these headquarters.

Assuming of course that at least some of them pay taxes...

Fixed that for you.

I'm sure you are grief-stricken, but that topic is one article that way. (down)

On the main page of course.

Do you have a stack of them around because you have actually managed to wear one out?

I imagine they are excellent paperweights. I used one back in high school and I felt safer in the lab for it!