>>>I was told that the reason that a former head of Engineering/Technical (CM) left BA was due to his belief that this culture could not be changed before a serious incident occured<<<
I worked directly for CM who was breath of fresh air for many of us in Flt Ops. He understood and set perfectly clear safety and commercial targets which, for want of a technical term, drove members of the recently demoted Leadership Team bananas - i.e. how could CM possibly manage or understand 'our' pilots. Traditionalist members of The Board caved in to old-school lobbying and CM, as talented people tend, wandered off to greener pastures. A great loss and just the man needed now.