PMASHA
A manager being nice isn't really what people were after from that meeting, although it would have been a stellar change from the status quo.
People, I think, generally want 3 or 4 things from the company at the moment:
1) Fewer flying hours
2) More money, we've lost about 10% over the last few years alone due to inflation
3) Commutable rosters, as unrealistic as that may be
4) 42 days leave, given in proper blocks, not in 4 or 5 days stretches, with enough ALTs to cover them.
Any commitments on any of those?
The point wasn't for rostering to answer questions, this wasn't a washup it was supposed to be him finding out what was wrong so he can fix them.
If all the main points were met with 'no', then you'd have been better off spending your time asking for technical advice in Sharaf DG.
And RB, absolute nonsense. I know of 3 or 4 people who were invited and not a single company man between them, and not a single warning letter handed out either, for the record. Some of them were on their notice period.