Chugalug I did not say that the CoC should be a popularity contest.
In those instances where deleterious decisions are made because of justifying circumstances pertaining which may not be known about by the masses then any leader worth his/her salt will be able to counter the criticisms levelled at them - the bullsh*tters will stand out as the plonkers that have been over-promoted that they are.
If unpopular decisions have to be taken then they should be taken for the best of reasons - and if any new system decides that they have to account for those decisions (by dealing with a BAFF) then it will winkle out the bullsh*tters who are merely trying to cover their backside while sucking up to their superiors. Conversely it will aid the 'good' guys in that, hopefully, the masses will be able to see the reasoning behind the crap decisions.
Although I still see ar*e covering:
"Why did you recommend the Sproggs Mk 15 fighter to the PM Air Marshal?"
"Ah, well. It went through the normal staffing process and a paper written by Sqn Ldr Bloggs recommended it"
Sqn Ldr Bloggs......"But, but , but that was what I was directed to recommend........Sir!"
