In the mid 90's the then MAPA pres colluded with RAT to bypass more senior B737 skippers and promote their blue-eyed boys to the A330s...I was an F/O on the B737 then and during a trip to the office to hand in a 2 week MC when I couldn't believe my ears overhearing this blatantly discussed; the two snakes probably thought I was a bodoh office boy so they let down their guard and opened their mouth with reckless abandon!
I called some of the affected skippers to warn them but despite their protest, it was a done deal between MAPA and RAT.......the DFO then datuk K was like our present PM, sleeping and " not knowing ".
I lost my faith in MAPA from that day.........history repeated itself again in 1997 when again deserving skippers were bypassed for the B744 as related by Tongkang.
So when I became skipper, I voted with my feet for the sandpit. Come on guys, like someone said...do enjoy the fallen crumbs that come your way but have no illusions about your " great ' leaders.