Yes Paddy, those sentences dont belong next to each other. My defence is of FLT OPS & Training management, not Commercial management, as they are in my opinion separate departments albeit strictly speaking under the headline General Management.
However, FLT OPS/Training management/intentions are sound. If I could be negative towards them they probably need to be more assertive towards the upper echelons demands and desires. They have developed very specific SOPs and have tried hard to train this type of approach out of us, for many years now.
The German reference is only that this is not JUST a RYR/IAA problem, the licensing authority must be seen to do something about the rogue individuals too! Shouldnt they? Doesnt matter from which country they are licensed in my opinion, as long as they are a bona fide JAR OPS approved NA, there is a rather interesting area!!