Engineering Command
At 6ft 5ins tall and with a formidable personality I never had a problem motivating my men or my client or the customers' agents.. God was good to me that way. Now as far as the oath goes that all depends what college you attended and what institute oversaw the rigour of the course taken.
Things began to go downhill around 1992. Accountants and MBAs started to take decisions which at best could be described as dubious and often led to a long term headache very similar to the 737 debacle this thread is discussing.
The fact is that people cannot be led by money alone or by ego. Then again it all depends just where and who trained you as an engineer. Please don't confuse technicians, engineers and improvers. Never believe than one is better than another, all need each other.
I never slung mud...I used to take 'em inside a cupboard for a private chat..