pjac
Chic was not alone, in not giving a sector away-he had quite a few colleagues. All this came about when the troops became pissed off with (a) the slow rate of new commands and (b), the seemingly "Special" selection of those appointed to "The Brownies". The F/Os of course, were the former group whilst the latter were wannabe "Brownies" who were not given the nod. To counter what seemed to be, the company's unfair selection, a group of line captains publicly announced, that though more training captains were needed, management were not responding to the shortage and they, the group of line captains concerned, were going to emphasize this-by not giving sectors away. Because of the true progressive nature of CX, there was always heaps of latent ambition-though not always accompanied by ability-and this particular event was a product of a strategy that produced a constant stream of ambitious chaps shouting, "Hey, look at me"!