In many Companies you can see a trend these days: Some carreer eager pimps want the fast track up and implement changes that are not allways for the best of the Company. After the error surfaces the "guilty" Guy cannot be held responsible anymore as he followed the call of his carreer and left the organisation for some greener pastures. His pockets get filled and his carreer another boost. Who cares about yesterday?
Absolutely - and not only in the airline business either. It's all about obtaining positive short-term results at any cost and not caring about the possible long term impact. That will be someone else's problem! In my opinion that's the cause of so many large businesses going to the wall.