..so he employed a "manager".
His manger told him that if he was going to succeed, he should sell his aeroplane, hand the money from the sale to the manager, and lease a BIGGER aeroplane.
To do this, he would need to carry a minimum of
3 pax...sorry, "customers"..every flight, if he hoped to pay off the aeroplane before his great, great grandchildren died.
And that the manager would double his bonus (equivalent to 1 year's salary) for each hour that ANY aircraft were leased by the new company, due to the amazing accounting procedures!!
But seeing potential conflict between pilot and management, it was decided that there should be an H.R. Department - a "go=between" to smooth things out.
Of course, management decided that THEY would determine WHO would pay the H.R. Dep't, and how they would be paid.
Now, as management and "the pilot" obviously had vested interests as to precisely HOW much they felt they
should be paid - and as the HRD needed to be seen as an essentially neutral party - it was felt that an "Accounts Department" should be incorprorated to ensure that any profits over and above "basic operating costs" were administered to the various areas that most needed it. eg. accounting stationery, polish for the accountant's desk, flowers for the Manager's office, flowers for the Manager's wife, flowers for the Manager's
confidante, scheduled maintainence for the aeroplane, money for necessary fees and licences, money for lease payments of the aeroplane!!
God we've come a L-O-N-G way since then......haven't we!!!
