PTT
In my time at flybe, I spent most of it at EDI on the 146. We were, after the initial year of LCY, probably the most dislocated and dicked-about base in the company. Daily commutes to NCL, early morning dashes to GLA, weeks spent in the SOU Hilton - I was away from home a hell of a lot. I complained about it at the time to MW, and he went out of his way to "ease our pain". I have a young family, and I was conscious of the effect on them. In the end, I decided that my family was more important, and that is the reason - the only reason - I no longer work for flybe. If I was to lay blame anywhere, it would be at JF's door, as he signs off on all those decisions that result in us being messed about. However, that would hardly be fair as many of those decisions had to be made to ensure the future of the company.
My point is, I always had the choice. If I didn't like it, I could leave; if I felt my family was at risk, I could stay anyway and let them suffer. It was always my choice.
The difference between me and FF is that he blames MW for ruining his life, and I take responsibility for mine. He doesn't understand that his destiny is in his own hands, or that operational decisions regarding bases or resulting in roster turbulence are only rarely the fault of the Ops Director. In my experience, those decisions are made by Commercial and are often argued against, on behalf of the crews, by MW!
People who have a run-in with any manager are likely to be less than objective in their views, and it shows in some of the comments here. Of course it is never their fault, always the manager...
FF has led us to believe that he is a person of exceptionally little character. Assuming that is true - half the time, stuff on here is a wind-up- he deserves all he gets.