Originally Posted by fiftyfour
It appears that the new ops director doesn't come from the same school (school of fair play/fair deals/keep your word/honour existing agreements) as the pilots that fly for the airline.
A strike is not imminent.
The ops director's demise might well be.
Don't count on it.The GB board of directors has a long history of supporting incompetence in its senior managers. It is common knowledge that a certain individual who was a below average line pilot not suitable for training saw his future in managment 'cos it certainly wasn't in line operations or training.
Good managers would not want to work at this level of less than
mediocrity.
He is operating at least two levels above that of his competence therefore I would say his future amongst his peer group on the board is assured. (Look at the last buffoon who held on for so long).
You can also guarantee the more conflict he creates with the pilots the greater his cache with the board. He WILL receive their full support he is after all acting for the shareholders. Sadly the only 'stakeholders' who count are the shareholders. We are merely the hired help.