Unlike UPS, where a guy can be hired right off the street into a management pilot position (they, as far as I know, do not hold a seniority number), a lot of (not all) our mgmt types rotate back to the line after a few years. Some do of their own choosing, some have been encouraged to return. I've seen a handful of guys go into the jobs with the idea that the ACP is much like a flight commander or Ops O in the military, i.e. a sh$t shield for their dudes, and found that is not always the case. Guys like SM and RA (and others) have retained the respect of the crewforce with how they deal with the dilemmas they face as "middlemen" at times. Others, like CW, probably not.