Originally Posted by
eagleatr
B.L. has been attending the negotiating meetings from pretty early on in the process. GB couldn't be bothered to attend, and he sent BL as his designated representative. There had been discussions for sometime as to how long GB would stay, with the way things were going (operationally and in negotiations). From what I have been told by others in management, he was always frustrated by not being able to make many changes due to the lack of funding for operations. I have no idea if that's true or not though.
Until there's a change at the top, that will be the case no matter who gets hired. Financial planners and accountants drive the ship over there even though they have no experience in the airline business and no idea what they are doing. Every department head kowtows to them as they have been given the God-like authority to have the last say in every decision. Once given the authority 4 or 5 years ago, everything changed. It's been slash and burn for each departments budget to reach the magic profit/loss goals.