vmv2 - Has it not occurred to you that if the CAS is not a topic of conversation in your crewroom at all then those present don't perceive (and I chose, and hopefully spelt, that word carefully) that he is doing anything worthwhile to better their lot....?? You don't say that CAS is mentioned favourably in your crewroom - rather that he is not mentioned at all!!
The majority of people on this thread who are criticising CAS are doing so on the basis of his apparent (again a carefully chosen word) inaction in terms of speaking out, effecting (productive/useful) change, etc..... The fact that he is not mentioned in your crewroom seems to imply that your co-workers also sense no productive action on his part - they just aren't as upset about it as some posting here, maybe it is just what they have come to expect from senior officers over the years....??