My point in relation to all of the above. A mythical pilot - losing his medical for some reason - could apply for any job in
Airline Marketing
Airline Dispatching
Airline Operations
Airline Flight Planning
Aircraft Loading
Aircraft Check in
Flight Attendant.............................the list goes on!
( God bless Engineers who are exempt and irreplaceable)
Could any of the above apply for the pilots' job???
Surely that says it all.
Yes, it does say it all. It says that you have a complete lack of respect and understanding for the jobs people around you carry out and it is this attitude that you are some sort of elite group, and I'm not generalising here but unfortunately there is a very noisy minority, that earns you that lack of respect back from your ground based colleagues and Joe public. You might be in charge of the final product but don't forget without the many people on the sidelines there wouldn't be an end product for you to manage.
I work as part of a team, a team of many thousands. I don't go in for all the normal management bull*hit and buzzwords but I do believe that everyone be it Reservations, Baggage Handlers, Operations or Engineers have an equal role to play and should be treated with the same respect.