In a nut shell.
Company CEO...ex engineer.
2IC and GM Airline Ops....ex engineer.
Chief Pilot/GMFO....not endorsed on type.
Head of Pilot Training....not endorsed on type.
HOT Cabin Crew....not endorsed on type.
Manager of CC....not endorsed on type.
Management Based in Adelaide.....no 717 ops in Adelaide.
On the line operational support.....poor.
717 operations manual.....bears little or no resemblence to actual aircraft operation.
Management objective 'Future Horizons'.....reduce Pilot wages,apply bond to all training.
Pilot applications withdrawn/interviews declined due to poor renumerance and expanding opportunities elsewhere.
Experience base of new hire Pilots...low.
Some recruits desperately pushed through endoresment/line training in order to fill slots.
Captains appointed as Training Captains with less than a 1000hr of Jet Command time.
Experienced Training/Captains over looked/resigned for/from training positions because they didn't suck up to HOT.
General moral of all employees low as a result of management push for 'Future Horizons'.
Management fall back to 'arse covering mode' as a result of failed 'Future Horizons' and threat of industrial action.
Little or no follow up training for those inexperienced Pilots that were rushed through to fill slots.
Surprise, surprise.......one bent airframe.
