Originally Posted by
Fog Duck
Not so. Your colleagues kept themselves in a job by turning up every day and flying the aircraft. The proof is in the sky if you care to look up. Aircraft are still getting airborne and crews are still doing their jobs, in spite of anything that might have occurred within the ranks of the earthbound managers. If they don't turn up to work, nothing happens, other than an unusually peaceful day at the coal face. If the operators didn't turn up, the work would cease. Management is meant to work for the operators, but the idiots think the operators work for them.
Not so, the people at the "coal face (how quaint) would not have contracts on which to earn their pennies, or aircraft to fly if it wasn't for the management team bidding (& winning) contracts, importing and managing aircraft, dealing with the regulator, invoicing the clients, paying the staff, arranging for Sim and travel and ensuring as far as possible all a pilot has to worry about when strapping on a helicopter is not crashing the aircraft..