Originally Posted by
NERD
How and why does Harwood have so much influence and power?
He's good at data gathering and as a subject matter expert. He successfully gets reps to think he's invaluable in that role. Once inside, he works to destabilize, divide and build a team of support. Once he has that, he always goes too far and gets fired for bad actions and absolutely horrific interpersonal skills. Right now, he's the defacto MEC chairman now that Donutelli has proven to be worthless.
He has a strong set of supporters despite the fact he has an exceedingly low opinion of line pilots. Read back through some of his posts here for review.
Carl