I think what he is trying to say is that their is a tendency to lead by fear and intimidation as opposed to leading by example. The idea of having spot checks is ridiculous and will lead to a culture of fear which does nothing to improve the airline other than creating automatons who blindly follow policy even when it isn't prudent. They'll end up with a bunch of brown nosing snitches and others who are too afraid to do the right thing. It isn't the kind of environment that I would want to work in.
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