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AA Pilot Disciplined for Taxiing Slow???

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It's true. APA just put out an official message about making sure all pilots taxi with BOTH engines running so as to taxi as SAFE as possible.

This was in response to the pilot who was given 15 off with no pay.

The Captain who narked on the "offending" Captain is a management Captain, and the kicker is he used his cell phone WHILE TAXIING (FAA no-no) behind the guy he thought was taxiing to slow.

More to follow, but rest assured this one is going to co$t AA some serious cash (fuel) in retaliation.
 
How could he pick just one?? They all taxi extra slow.

You got THAT RIGHT! Nobody taxi's as slow as the "Sky-Nazi's" Always slowed down the movement of ground traffic at DFW...well that and the crazy SWERVING going on over there...I don't know, maybe they are not qualified to be flying those jets.:p
 
We're not taxiing slow - you all are just taxiing too fast, you SWA wannabes. Ground operations are where most incidents happen. If you are in that much of a hurry, feel free to ask Ground to sidestep around us. We will gladly give way every time.

That said, this incident is nothing more than a clear case of management harassment against the pilot group during Sec 6. The management pilot made a call on his cell phone WHILE TAXIING to get the slow captain removed from his trip, and he was given time off without pay. DFW tower and his own Chief Pilot could find absolutely nothing wrong with this guys' taxi speed. The Co is going to look really ridiculous pursuing this.
 

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