Hello Framer, thanks for your reply.
I must admit that it concerns me deeply to hear you say that executive level messaging affects flight safety on the line.
When I went out to the base at Auckland airport in my management white shirt and tie, I used to breath a sigh of relief (inhale some Jet A1 fumes!) and think to myself "these guys are too sensible to let any white collar management bollocks affect flight safety."
That was certainly the experience I had - corporate stuff was met with a wry smile from the grey heads up on the flight deck.
My sense was that airline pilots were a little like doctors in that respect.
Management can say all they like, but when you're up in the air with a couple of hundred souls down the back, you are in charge, and your `oath to safety' so to speak overides anything else.
Does that answer your question?