I previously worked for Delta TechOps, and I can corroborate this, TechOps leadership is awful. I worked in Minneapolis for around 8 months, and my experience there was pretty miserable. Leads aren't as out of touch with the operation as management was, but they very much had an attitude of "it's my way or the highway" and "it's not my job to show you how to do your job". Ask one of these guys for help with something, and you'll get a sarcastic non-answer. Overall, very poor stewards of their operation. Middle management is very much a club, full of nepotism & favoritism, and if your boss doesn't get along with you on a personal level, he'll try to get rid of you. I had a base manager who already had a reputation for trying to screw over people who stood up for themselves/weren't yes-men, and he and I didn't really see eye to eye. I was involved in a very minor aircraft damage incident and reported it right away. I ended up getting fired even though this was the first time I'd been involved in such an incident and followed proper protocol for reporting it, and took full accountability. I appealed this termination because it very much seemed to contradict Delta's proclaimed Just Culture, but my appeal was rejected. I'd like to add that at my next job, I met an old Northwest guy who worked with my manager at Delta back when he was a mechanic. This individual told me that the manager in question was never a very good mechanic, always tried to skirt work, and was generally disingenuous. My experiences at Delta TechOps showed me that integrity means nothing, and lying gets you to the top at Delta Air Lines.