Civil Servant,
An interesting post.
So who exactly there is doing the verbal and "literal"(?) abuse ? And in what way ? ( "literal" suggests "physical" !)
In the instance you quoted, was pressure put on ops/crewing from the commercial manager who in turn was having his collar felt from above ? Surely if a trip is not viable because of the detriment to crews in the immediate period then someone should stand up and say no ?
Did the trip go-ahead ? What was the knock-on affect ?
When you say things won't change until something drastic happens ... in what way ?
Where is the underlying problem here ? There has to be a simple root cause that needs addressing ?