Trouble is with all the CFO-controlled DFO's who are more interested in themselves than the Aircrew they're supposed to "Manage" (sic) is that the Rules of the Game come from so much higher in the Swire Group than mere DFO level.
"Hello, Gerry,Ken,Nick,Richard (whatever your name is), - Welcome to the Inner Sanctum - you are now financially secure for the rest of your life but remember that your brief is to keep those bloody pilots under control and reduce their COS as much as you possibly can". "Have you got that???" "Yes, I understand where you're coming from "going forward" -
Weak, lilly livered, self interested *****s the whole lot of them.