From the looks of that Union letter it is even worse than I had initially imagined.
I had imagined a lack of leadership and positive control of the ' safety culture' . This looks like a concerted effort to accelerate the natural decline in personal discipline that occurs in said vacuum.
Who is at the helm? These types of rogue managers who don't understand how safety works long term and act in the interests of commercial profitability ( short term) only are put there by someone....they are hand picked. Who is driving the United ship and allowing this?
It's quite sad to see from an antipodean perspective as we have long held the US in high regard in this area.