JUST PLANE CULTURE
ing as clearing 100 percent of the deferred items became the only acceptable goal. This meant at the beginning of the shift, seizing the prime aircraft, those that had the least de- ferred items with the easiest to clear. It was like watching a feeding frenzy. Resources for certain fl eet types were scarce so those aircraft were avoided. It got to the point where if you were stuck entirely with that fl eet type and couldn’t clear any deferred items because of lack of parts, supervi- sors would rob parts from another supervisor’s aircraft. This tactic was disguised as acceptable by ordering parts for the robbed airplane but one knew the part was unavailable. This
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would not improve the overall deferred count but it would provide a cushion for the supervisor who robbed the part to clear at least one deferral. It also pushed the other supervisor into the spotlight as he/she now had to create a deferral to release the aircraft and creating a deferral was the highest of infractions, worse than not clearing any deferrals. There was one supervisor who was always at the bottom of the list and always being humiliated at the morning briefi ng. It wasn’t entirely his fault as he had rarely participated in the pre-shift feeding frenzy and was typically stuck with the left overs, the fl eet type with the least available resources. What eventually happened was that almost all the supervisors got together and started to swap aircraft before the morning briefi ng so we had very similar diff ered counts. The supervisors who did not participate in this swap-o-rama were those who had a good deferred count and sharing would diminish their numbers. However, when their numbers weren’t so favorable they wanted to participate in the swap but the other supervisors would not cooperate. This swap meet didn’t last long before upper management fi gured out, or someone told them, what was going on and began to watch what aircraft were assigned at the beginning of the shift and ensuring that you reported only on those aircraft.
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A-HOLES ARE EVERYWHERE I have often been told that there is no “i” in team — but if you look at the head- ing to this article, there is. It is in red and it’s in the a-hole. We are imperfect people living in an imperfect world dealing with imperfect situations. No matter how hard we work at building a team, eventually you are going to run across an a-hole who is out for himself or herself and mucks things up for everyone else. I fall back on statistical probability. When
fl ipping a coin, the probability is 50-50 that you will fl ip heads or tails. If you fl ip six heads in a row, what are the chances you will fl ip another head? Fifty-fi fty — the probability didn’t change. If a basketball player can hit 50 percent at the three point line, what is the probability of shooting another three pointer if he has been shooting six three pointers in a row? Is he on a hot streak and this will continue?
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