Originally Posted by
unobtanium
You obviously havn't heard of the "Campus", where people walk around with coffees all day going to "meetings".
The horror! People working as a team, to take coordinated action! Anyone responsible for hard product replacement who sits down to talk to someone responsible for planning deep maintenance or fleet planning, or god help us, finance, should be shot!
Seriously, there's more to running an airline than the cockpit. Different parts of the head office need to meet with and work with each other. That kind of work looks different to working above or below the wing. You see the same thing in any business or professional setting.