Give Chris a break for just one minute.
This problem started back in the days of Ray. He was a yes man who sold out the soul of flt ops. When there was a pilot shortage, rather than address it, he became dual endorsed!!!
Then came Poor sad old Ian, a man simply lost in the circus. He time is imfamous for its nothingness, a complete blumbler. So flt ops relevance slid even further.
And now Chris, Unfortunately, being a union boss with no management experience did not equip him well for the role. Now we pay the price.
Chris has known there was a problem coming for a long time. Unfortunately the Chief Pilot of QF is a long ....long ......... long way down the food chain. His best mate Big Pete ignored him, little John ignored him. That is an indication of the true relevance of the pilot management group to GD and co in the airline.
Chris is now the fall guy. Whether you feel sorry or not for him does not matter
Why was he speaking for the other group airlines? He has no responsibility or accounability for them. Where was little AJ? He is one person who will always be remembered in Australian aviation, him and his HR "wizard" (RG), the man who is prepared to pay upto $450K for key pilots from other airlines but unwilling to look after his own
The story Chris was required to tell last night would have been scripted by the
PR people. He was the messenger.
The real question for Chris is simple. Am I prepared to give up my integrity to save a has been executive team.
We all know he was telling lies last night. Let no one be fooled, except the fools!!