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I do apologise. I've re-read my post, and after reading yours it sounds unfair to lump you in with the "the other lot". I thank you for the time to comment and sympathies. My comments are aimed at the Head of rostering, i.e. the chief and not the indians.
However, I have worked for companies where the rosterer did drive the show. The change in patterns & life style was most marked when the head honcho was on leave; and that could be in either direction, good/bad/good, depending on which airline it was.
Should it not be beholden on each department to insist on the correct tools to do the job demanded of them? Perhaps that is what managers should be doing, but often it is those at the coal face who have the real knowledge. Is ej not supposed to be an open culture and a listening airline?
For Doug: my father had a plaque on his office wall, in what was a happy camp. "Remember, things always go wrong from the top, not the bottom!" Seems to echo your thoughts.
I did mention that to a few airline mangers, when they accused the crews of being the source of all the woes, but received blank stares. That was disappointing from our so-called leaders.
During the last 2 years it has all been written here on Prune. It would be sad to rehash it all again. The dreaded lurgy doesn't seem to go away.
Good luck to all.
Last edited by RAT 5; 29th January 2005 at 11:51.