Five Green
points taken!
You are right...I have slipped many things into the "its too hard to fix basket". I will re-erect my standby gyro!
A friend of mine joined the Gc just after I left (against my advice;-). He thought he could use the fincancial approach to both the AOA and the company....he failed. Why? Simplistic answer to complicated situation...because management don't like the workers telling them how to do their jobs. As a manager there is no jeopardy to saying NO to every idea. As a pilot, CRM teaches us to be open to all ideas and inputs...we have a significant cultural difference between pilots and managers. We look to achieving a succesful mission...and when our number comes up, to being succesfully upgraded. There is no such 'number' system in management and their definition of a 'succesful mission' is based around their career progression, not what is in the best interests of the company!. A very intelligent ex GC colleague of mine(AG) had tried to introduce a great new rostering system into CX in the mid 90s...he failed...not because of the system but, as he said, he took too long to learn the politics.
Anyway, 5G I will keep banging my head against the wall!
About your comment "It is a bit shocking that you have made "commander" here and are unaware of the realities of the pilots coming up the seniority list behind you."....you are paritally right. When I went through almost everyone got through...if not 1st time, definitely 2nd time. But I am not impervious or uncaring about what is happening now...far from it! I do believe it is the responsibility of those who have got through to help ease the way for those that follow, in whatever way we can!
Anyway, we may use different approaches but I feel we are on the same team!
cheers