Originally Posted by
tennisguru
I haven't seen a truly pilot-friendly group of FLOPS management since I was hired. Yes there have been good individuals in certain positions over time, but the overwhelming corporate mentality towards pilots is one of disdain and antagonism. Who holds what spot and reports to what person is irrelevant. If more bad people are in then that just reinforces the negative trendline as we head towards section 6. The more they keep P'ing off the pilots then fewer and fewer will be willing to go above and beyond the PWA to support the operation, and the more resolve we'll have overall as a group to stand strong.
It didn't used to be this bad and well in the past we didn't exist in such a broken relationship. Probably well before you were hired (I'm assuming you relatively new here like ~10 years or so). However, being apathetic about it concerns me. You folks should be concerned about this reshuffling. It's truly a very antagonistic group that they've moved around to key positions in Flt Ops.
You can have all the resolve you want. However, they control your day to day life when on the job and they can make your life pretty miserable along the way. Sure, we can grieve it. But where has that gotten us? Recall the infamous "it's not a grievance until the arbitrator says so". So unless, until, that process runs out, our lives while on the job (and to some extent off time) become pretty unsavory. Going back to your tenure here, perhaps you don't recognize the names that were moved in to key positions or their history. Nothing about these moves is a good thing for this pilot group.