Divide and conquer
I don't work for Easyjet but it makes for interesting reading and similiar scenes are enacted in countless Airlines around the World.
NSF, you are absolutely correct, 'Love them or hate them, our managers are the people with whom we have to deal'. So deal with them. So far you've just dished up excuses why you shouldn't.
As for Doug being the enemy - Brother you're facing the wrong way.