Yes your right, the Germans should have done the same with Hitler...I mean After all he was under TONS of pressure with the hole trying to conquer the world bit...Poor soul...
Sarcasm aside; the negative, degrading and STRESSFUL environment created at this airline is the "CEO'S" personal creation...The solution?? Its very simple, in fact It is taught in all management courses of every level...The equation is simple...
Happy workforce=Productivity Increase for the company= Less stress for "overburdened" CEO
This is not just limited to "Pay me more" no, in fact simple things with minimal cost can increase workforce moral, in fact NOT doing things even helps, like NOT creating ACN about what water you can drink, what cutlery u can or cant use, warning letters because your hat fell off as you got something out of your bag, and w/e other examples are out there...All very very trivial things for a CEO that should be worried about the simple fact of making $$.
So, why not make his own existence less "Stressful" by treating people with dignity, respect, PROFESSIONALISM, and above all mutual respect...Not to hard an effort if you truly look at it right? Hell, even a house made gets told "thank you" every once in a while...
And as far as the "Courage" to tell him this to his face, well its obvious by the company culture that opinion in any way, shape or form is a very very definitive way to get a nice little bulls eye painted on your back...Thus the cycle continues, object in motion stays in motion bla bla bla and all that...
You reap what you sow as they say...Good luck on that management position u seem to be so eagerly looking for Toga