Curious...
I don't think I was having a bitch really.
Merely agreeing with you but at the same time trying to support us in Ops. It's fairly short-sighted of you, with respect, to wish that this becomes a friendly happy forum - "A forum for the people who can make or break a flight operation to discuss issues directly related to keeping the pilots and their aircraft operational"
It's going to be a place where discussion comes from a "This system is !!!!!, what can we do to make it better" statement.
The comments I made were there to make other Ops staff make a stand for our rights in R&N and try and reduce the bad feeling that seemingly exists between pilots and Ops.
I wholeheartedly would love Pprune to be a "We're all sooooo happy and love each other" kind of place, but I don't think there is enough of a rapport between us all to get this going, and in any case, why should it be. Active discussion forms a large part of problem solving - but the kind of discussion going on about us in other places seems to be more assassination in its motives, rather than helpful.
Starting a topic entitled "Are Rostering / Crewing usually Occupationally Challenged?" is not likely to find many supporters amongst Ops Staff, is it? and then saying "These guys have the power of God over our lives and while some must be excellent (I suppose)the ones ive seen are almost without exception apalling" is not exactly helpful.
I was merely standing up for my rights and refusing to take this kind of b*llocks lying down.
Apologies if that seems to be strange to you. Although I do agree that stupid, snide comments from the likes of Oh Matron, don't really help our professionalism.
[This message has been edited by Daifly (edited 02 November 1999).]