Flash back memories

Here I am in the Capital of the Kingdom of the East and several flash back memories come ahead. Once we, some colleagues of mine, were quite a good team, working for a prestigious airline carrier, the national carrier of this country. Due to my rising age I, together with my close co-worker and wife, set up a plan to transfer the main duties to a couple of younger colleagues. The meaning was to continue in the very good and very well proven tradition, including very well established methods. I had no plans to retire completely and I had no plans to leave, just to withdraw from the very upfront position.
But there is corruption and greed everywhere. Chickens want to become roosters and hens (or kings and queens) immediately and then they are tempted to act aggressively to the former leader of the pack. I was after a while very frustrated and very offended by the new team and their management style so I decided to leave. I could not stand it. And I could not accept the new methodological deviations that definitely not were up to the traditions set up by me and my predecessor.
After some months the airline company asked me to try to find a way of co-operation with this new team as it wanted me in a supervising role and still being the up-front man. A very serious meeting was arranged between representatives from the company, my wife and me and the new teamleaders. This meeting led to an agreement: yes, we were to try to find the best solution for all parties involved. But shit happens now and then. Those new team leaders did not give a damn about the agreement, which was shown after some weeks. They denied to cooperate. The curtain fell down between us with a certain thunder. Boom! The trust was gone.
But in my mind I feel pride of my contributions to the company – I had the privilege to work for it during forty years. My not any more trustworthy colleagues will not stay that long in this business. I am convinced about that.