In the 1980's CX was one big happy family. The rot set in when Peter Sutch and Mike Hardy ("No B Scales while I'm DFO!") were replaced by lesser mortals who had only their own selfish interests at heart.
Flight International's annual Airline Review says it all. Twenty years ago, the Boards of Directors of all the major, and minor, airlines would list 'Captain Bloggs' and 'Captain Snooks' on the lists. Now you are hard pressed to find one. All the directors are bean-counters, lawyers, time-servers and - shock horror - even a zoologist!
Why am I not surprised?
