Originally Posted by
ForeverFO
Yeah it's necroposting, but I have to add employee D on top of the others for merit based promotion.
-Shows up for work on time
-Spit and polished
-Few sick calls
-Well liked and respected; good pilot
-Takes care of customers
-Unfortunately, he is one of over 8,000 pilots, of whom 6,000+ do a great job on a daily basis. The list is so enormous, it's impossible to stand out from such a herd. He is lost in the huge mass of excellent employees who do their job very well.
The only way to get "merit" in such an organization is either gross sycophancy, or "knowing" somebody.
syco-what?
I think I know what it means by the context but I'm gonna have to google that and get back to ya!
K, I'm back.
Alternatives
And I agree.
And I learned a new word. Who says APC isn't educational.
It also takes getting on the bad side of one wrong individual to scuttle your chance of advancement. In a cockpit I'd rather have both pilots think about flying the plane safely than having one think about how he can message the other pilots ego to get ahead. Thats is a slippery slope. Think about how a new-hire feels when he flies with a Chief pilot or other mgmt pilot. More than 5 times outta 10 the new-hire is gonna probably just go along with Captain Mgmt pilot even though Capt Mgmt pilot doesn't fly the line regularly. I think most captains appreciate a first officer that is gonna do the right thing, not follow the captain down the wrong path. And everyone here can tell me that being told you're wrong is always a great feeling. Perhaps everyone here can tell me that they have never been wrong either.
Of course that's just my opinion...man.