@Mothre your first point of argument is invalid, there is a fairly large population of pilots who run mining missions.
With some of the Corporations you can be making up in the 3000 ISK/LP range which can convert into over 40M/hour in highsec. In NPC nullsec, working for a Pirate Faction you can get that up to 80M/hour, so solid return on time investment - especially considering it’s pretty afk ‘work’… you can be running the Mining Missions on an Alt while out on a roam with your main, it’s super easy stuff.