Flex, a bit simplistic don’t you think?
Perhaps the company is also suffering victims of educational systems (especially those of old) that were lacking anti-bullying programs or a culture of dialogue and open communications that would allow you to understand and share what company standards and values really could be about rather than wield the “check out early” stick at people who put in a sensible challenge to the system or who may even be underperforming.
What kind of leadership or character development is possible in this environment?
Again: What Five Green and some others on this forum advocate is surely a disciplined but also a coordinated and consistent system linking training and professional development, resulting in improved standards and career prospects. What they highlight is that the core business of the training department should be training rather than concentrate on dealing people short ends of sticks, that’s what recruitment does.
Studi, the problem does not lie in ridiculous command requirements or inadequate selection processes but the lacking developmental support for junior pilots. To say you are required to measure up to command assessment criteria and face scrutiny from day one as a Second Officer is a little absurd, I am sure even some of those big egos displayed on this forum needed to be nurtured and given the tools and due time to succeed in years long ago.