Well said Direct Bondi, there seems to be no end of aviation middle and senior managers who, whilst keen to impress the boss with stats and line their pockets at the same time, seem to have a unique skill of cocking the whole thing up!!
At a previous airline I was told on day 1 that the boss doesn't like pilots and if I didn't like anything then tough,
! Well right now that's just what everyone is doing at that airline!