I.M. might have been popular with his previous Company, but not with the employees. A pompous ass with no personality; He alone has been reponsible for major FUs since his arrival. The guy was only a trucky in the RAF, no big shakes (or was it a TankerW**ker). He will of course bring in his ex-RAF cronies and the like to bolster his weak position. He has already disposed of some Training Captains because he didn't like thier attitude (read into that they were a threat because they could see the truth)
He will be here until he retires (or is fired) so get used to him. He will continue promote people like S.D. because they use the same heavy handed techniques to control people (attempt); for example a Training Captain resigns and is threatened with a life of hell unless he rescinds his notice. The life of hell by the way, was demotion to be being a normal line Captain on the A320..... (Training Captain now on the way to another fleet soon)
Not a lot we can do here but expose these people and get on with our MCT layovers etc.