I do hear you.

I like the actual Chiefs doing the interviewing. I like pilots talking to pilots. I recall a 135 interview, a commuter interview, and a major interview. All 3 were run by pilots. Great conversations, great interactions, great experience. We could all relate on the same level and we all understood each other. The respect was mutual and the experiences all made me better.

I think we need to be selective as to who gets in the office. The staff that works in the office I would consider not a player. The assistants and the flight managers should be running the office while the Chief does the interviews.

In my world (and I am ok with being in the minority), the Chiefs job should look like this:

1. hand out atta boys
2. only handle severe discipline
3. supervise assistant chiefs and staff
4. Interviews
5. Avoid all staff meetings and admin queep that you can't fix anyway.
6. buy coffee and donuts for staff
7. Go out and shake hands with the base pilots in the crew lounge 3 to 5 times a day.


Ok, that may be altruistic, but that' ok.