Everyone has their axe to grind, I have mine with certain other groups that I feel are below par to what I am accustomed too, not going to name them publicly but they do exist. Trying to get someone to come around and see your way of doing things is just about as hard as getting California to vote Republican.

FWIW - Last flight ops dept. Ive had dealings with was in shock and disbelief when things such as "one engined taxi" and "auto-throttles" were mentioned as fuel saving measures. Mountains were moved to do what OAs did for decades only to be crapped on when someone decided a certain airfield in the state of Florida was unsafe to operate out of except on the most sunny clear/calm of days. Nevermind the fact that subsidiary A and competitor B for years had absolutely no problems nor reputations for being unsafe. Nevermind that the pilot group and data supported a different decision. Never in my life had I wanted line pilots to stage a coup and take over a department that assumed less risk than a 45 year old accountant living in suburban Indianapolis driving a 4 year old Honda Accord. Frustrating to say the least.