Interesting reading, and I am only a 3rd of the way through!
I was talking to one of my F/O's recently my about career role models, and started to think about the CX Captains who have helped to make me the Captain I am today.
During my
career, if I had been able to list the very worst dozen (or so!) skippers, then my 1999 hit list would have matched the list of 40-50 guys who eventually took redundancy and left. This was much to the pleasure of those who were left behind.
When it came to many of the 49ers in 2001, it was a completely different event. With one or two exceptions many of my very best skippers/role models were culled.. DouG/JonD/DMc/KM etc. The trips I flew with those guys were the times when I really learned how to be a good Captain.
Close attention is being payed to the court action. All the best....