Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
The conversation during the negotiations turned to the airlines future direction...i was pointing out that Q did (at least at one stage) have a direction, forethought, leaders, ambition, innovation, and employees which could make it happen....and requested our current (at the time) leaders grace us with their vision of the future...
Their vision was to survive their STI bonus payment and get out before it sinks...
As previous commenters have noted, i like being a human battering ram at times.....and this was one of those times...