No, I'm most definately not bitter and apologies to those offended by my perceived attitude towards this individual Captain.
I don't have every single fact to hand and on reflection it may well have been wrong to put most of the blame with him but I still think he must shoulder some of the flack. I know that other departments cock up and when these errors impact on us directly, we are the ones who have to deal with it in a professional manner and have to put it right. Yes, the decision he made was safe but as Captains, sometimes just a little more thought process is required to also achieve an efficient and dare I say it, sensible outcome. I'm not saying that because he was a DEC it precluded him from making the right decision, merely that he was 'handicapped' by his lack of time here. Because of Company culture and nothing to do with hours.
Regarding your comment on JNB, that is a different matter altogether and involved training issues. Taking of which, fractional, we don't have refreshers anymore. Only the 2 hours annual SEP 'CRM' which is taught by non accredited instructors.
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