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"He also warned unions they needed to ensure the airline remained competitive, and how they responded to that challenge would determine how much work went offshore".
Mr Clifford. It is a two way street. As an engineer, I have seen the rapid decline in management support of engineering over the last five to seven years. We are being expected to do more, with less for less. Constant obstructions in the form of overly complicated and often unworkable procedures implemented by management that are out of touch are one of the main problems we face. Blaming the delays on engineers is buck passing. They were simply following the procedures that your managers had implemented.
Want efficiencies? Remove the layers and layers of management that do little but hider our efforts and start supporting the working staff. I'd suspect this applies to all areas, not just engineering.