Well, I work there and my way of viewing it doesn't tally with yours. To take your 5 points in order:
1/ This instructor was before my time but, the way I hear it, all he did was to cause the management hassle by his aggressive confrontation as a union rep. Not only did he have no tact, he was bloody rude. His approach actually achieved damn-all in terms of improvements in terms and conditions for the instructors.
2/ No-one ever said Anthony was new to Oxford - just new in the post as MD. His previous experience includes being Director of Training at Oxford and being a line pilot for bmi. He's had other jobs as well - it's amazing what a difference it makes to the story when you're highly selective in what you tell.
3/ Absolutely right. The place needed sharpening up.
4/ Not true.
5/ True.
And, no, I'm not management - I'm a rank-and-file instructor.
It's up to the readership of this thread to decide which version they prefer.
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