The sooner ALL parts of an airline realise that their job depends on ALL other departments the better. Why, as evidenced on these erstwhile pages, can't (for example) pilots and managers sit down together and air their differences in a grown up way and come up with a solution or compromise that will satisfy all? Same with bean counters and managers, engineers and beancounters and managers etc etc etc.
The sooner the culture of "My department, nothing to do with you " and "Your dept, not my problem" is stamped out the sooner airlines (and indeed business in general) will be run better.
I post this more in a spirit of optimism than expectation.
RdR
