BlueEagle, sir respectfully, I do not agree that the probs in our company are of a CRM nature. Yes, lack of communication is a HUGE contributing factor, but is only one af many bad traits in management.
There has recently been very well known (in the company) incidents where the owner/director has blatantly lied to the crews involved in one specific type operation, and also to the individual appointed as 'Manager' of these operations. We were told one thing, this other guy was told the exact opposite the very next day and we end up butting heads and each party thinks the other is being difficult on purpose. Meanwhile we dont have the same gen!Not only was the crews involved, but the 'new' manager was told he replaced the 'old' one, while neither the crews nor the 'old' manager were told! Imagine the confusion and unco-operativeness pervailing in the ops when two managers give you different instructions and both tell you not to listen to the other....
This problem in one of the Management Culture. Specifically the owner of the company. The Ops Manager follows he's lead and the chief pilot and 'new' manger for specialized ops are both just puppet figures with no real 'weight' in the organization.
Not to mention the fact that we operate without a FSO, no CRM, no DG training, no structured training roster or plan, crews have to pay for their own training, flighttests, a/c hire for the tests, you dont get helped out by Roster when you have to Test.
It is plain dumb luck nobody had been killed yet. oh, dont get me wrong, there have been incidents up the jingjang. One had a big a/c blocking the main rwy for quite a while and other a/c had to divert. Maintenacne I believe....owner saw it happen, turned around and walked off, didnt go check on "he's" crew/pilots, did not as much as even phone to find out if everybody was ok.
This guy is the single most dangerous factor in every aspect of operations/safety etc etc ...nothing can be done, cause he owns the company