Civil aviation in the 21st century
Its seems that the conflicts inherent in this thread reflect those of the recent transition to a new millennium. The feudal attitudes in public administration ("I'm the decider" - by one who was not a very good pilot), medicine (doctors writing "orders" for other health professionals) - the military I won't touch, they require decades - are understood by most professional scholars and practitioners to be antiquated and counterproductive. I have never been the captain of an aircraft (although I have dealt with the detritus of misadventure by one). I do have the experience of being the responsible individual of a trauma centre in the early 1980's and found that it was much more efficient if we all understood that we worked as a team. I can assure everyone that the volume of the codspiece contents bears no relation to professional competence.