Management have shown what they think of the checkers and trainers. Think back a few years and remember how management wanted BTC's to do it on B-scale. Think back a few months and remember how management wanted to introduce b-scale for trainers. Some people are looking through rose tinted spectacles and have selective memory.
For a department that can look back over your 10+ year career when you come up to a four bar check toward command and remember every action on every check plus a few night's in the old Cathay Club they quickly forget what's important!