The 'them' in my statement referred to the people who fly 1-26's. So
now you are saying the people who are flying 1-26's are rich men of
personal wealth? A "closed clique"?

An amazingly incorrect view.

When I once visited an airport where only 1-26 were being flown, towing
my glass ship, they invited me to dinner and offered to brief me on the
area.