jetcareers - View Single Post - Suspended!! (unfortunately, this is not hypothetical)

falconvalley · April 17th, 2008, 15:24

With all the information present, sure, they could have "a" point. Our friend got a bad feeling in his gut about freezing weather and decided not to continue. Not only is that siding with safety, the ops manual for the 328 is very confusing about freezing rain. So, when the company confronted him about his decision, he not only had Captain's authority on his side, he had NASA and what's left of Fairchild backing up his decision. They decided to suspend him based on THEIR interpretation of the manual. Does that sound like good judgement? Not to me. It sounds like they were just angry. I would laugh anyone out of my sight if they tried to tell me a manual said I can fly in freezing rain so I should have gone.

April 17th, 2008, 15:24	#74
falconvalley Old Skool Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: KMKE Posts: 1,924	Re: Suspended!! (unfortunately, this is not hypothetical) With all the information present, sure, they could have "a" point. Our friend got a bad feeling in his gut about freezing weather and decided not to continue. Not only is that siding with safety, the ops manual for the 328 is very confusing about freezing rain. So, when the company confronted him about his decision, he not only had Captain's authority on his side, he had NASA and what's left of Fairchild backing up his decision. They decided to suspend him based on THEIR interpretation of the manual. Does that sound like good judgement? Not to me. It sounds like they were just angry. I would laugh anyone out of my sight if they tried to tell me a manual said I can fly in freezing rain so I should have gone. __________________ British Airways flight asks for push back clearance from terminal. Control Tower replies: "And where is the world's most experienced airline going today without filing a flight plan?"