Well, that is true with regards to the old boy networks at work in those so-called "third world airlines" you mention. At that point one may choose to either go with the flow of the culture he has CHOSEN to work within and "play the game", or just take the jacka$$ captain / copilot out back and "adjust" him in the parking lot one evening.
Which discussion is utterly irrelevant here as the original poster's location shows up as New Zealand, which is about as civilized a country as any I've ever seen
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