Wow - didn't think you'd be so easily baited Luke
But it demonstrates my point - I've been flying for 22 years (hence why I'm on this forum), and in that time have worked on and off within aviation (including the ugly big grey building at gatwick), and one consistency in that time is that many pilots (not all) tend to have little respect (bordering on contempt even), often through lack of knowledge, for parts of the business not
physically involved in operating the aircraft. Often, this attitude is reciprocated, and you can have a serious (and unnecessary) divide in the organisation.
Perhaps I'm wrong and your airline has a utopian harmony of mutual respect between airline management and crew?
Personally I see this divide getting worse in the industry. This lack of respect from the business is particularly visible when it comes to the current decline in pilot Ts&Cs, whilst the Ts&Cs of airline management are generally going up.
Anyway, my post was really just to demonstrate that divide - no offence intended.
