Key Decisions Taken by Gen Salvage and Davenport

Key decisions taken by Gen Salvage and Davenport are as follows:

1. Gen Davenport maintained healthy informal relations with all subordinates and cared for their well-being outside field work and practices. He was lenient with the proceedings and was more of forgiving nature
2. During Gen Davenport the culture was freer than in case of Gen Salvage and the people were more in an informal environment whereas during Gen Salvage the environment was much more strict and regulatory.
3. Gen Davenport was more of employee leader and employee oriented whereas Gen Salvage is goal oriented and valued team goals before employees.
4. Gen Davenport was more short term visionary and used to defend the short term failures whereas Gen Salvage was long term visionary and used to set long term goals for the company.
5. Gen Davenport was soft on inside as well as outside while Gen Salvage was hard on outside and soft on inside.

Key consequences of the decisions taken by the General are as follows:

1. Gen Davenport took the blame of the non-performance of his teammates and defies to fire him which actually became the reason for his dismissal from the active duties of the team.
2. Gen Davenport advised the Gen Salvage about the huge number of transfer requests which made Gen Salvage all the more determined to succeed.
3. Gen Salvage scolded the camp guard which made checking the ID cards compulsory for everyone which instilled more discipline.
4. Gen Salvage dismissed Major Gately from his post and made him head of the Leper club consisting of non-performers which hurt the self-respect of Major Gately and he became all more determined to regain his position back in the team with honor. As a result in Gen Salvage’s absence also Major Gately led the troop to an astounding success.
5. Gen Salvage stopped the transfer offers keeping in mind to boost the confidence of the troop by good field results. As they were the only team to bomb enemies without losing anyone the troops gained confidence in themselves and in Gen Salvage as a leader and eventually cancelled all their transfer requests
6. On account of one incident where a pilot had broken ranks to save his roommate he ordered to change the roommate arrangement for all pilot. This eventually instilled discipline in all and put the pilots to think about their team before their roommates.
7. Gen Salvage ignored the central commander’s decision to fall back during a mission because he was confident to lead the team into a good bombing session. Eventually they were the only team to bomb the enemies successfully without a single loss. This instilled the long lost confidence in the team and they no longer considered them as the “Hard luck group”.
8. Gen Salvage put all non-performing pilots into the Leper Group led by Major Gately which made these non-performers perform better as their self-respect was hurt. Live example was Major Gately himself.
9. Gen Salvage started practice sessions for all to turn around the “hard luck” for the group and focused on flying basics which eventually improved their performance on the field during the course of the film.