Don't blame the guy who comes after him. . . we all need to eat
blame the Union who, despite having the support of their members & numerous other airlines in the region, allowed themselves to be bullied into accepting a "compromise" that may not help their members nor the contractors, possibly simply because they didn't do their "homework" before tackling NAS & the Boss (who they possibly forgot was a Barrister in a previous life)
When Unions are so unprofessional/poorly prepared it makes it Oh so easy for companies to walk all over their members.
Seen it before with BALPA (not IALPA however) in Ryanair, now I have observed it (albeit from the sidelines, some would say on the "wrong" side) in NAS.
P*ss poor planning = P*ss poor performance, it's a walk in the park for most management ,courtesy of the lack of credible opposition.
Backing down doesn't enhance ones credibility much either.