AirTran FO suspended for dropping family off at circus in uniform...WTF?

[Dizel8]

SOS and let them KYA!

(KYA refers to a maneuver involving puckered lips and a rear end)

 

[another cfii]

Good luck guys, fight the good fight! Seems like someone in MCO is getting sweaty... I'd be proud to walk the line with you all when the time comes.

Last thing any mgmt wants is a unified pilot group.

 

[Ty Webb]

Not too surprising, considering the Shareholders' Meeting is coming up in a few months. I'm sure the Company wanted to send a message to the Pilot Group . . . . .

The message, though, as I read it, is:

"Show up at the shareholders' meeting without your wings, hat brass, or other Company-issued items."

No problem showing up in Navy pants, White uniform shirts, navy ties, and epaulets we purchased ourselves. . . . . And the worst thing that they can do to you is suspend you for five days, since the precedent's already been set.

Thanks, Orlando, for laying down the ground rules, and removing any ambiguity.

Thanks for the gumball, Mickey! :laugh:

TW

 

[maxblast72]

I am sure the pro-Delta AJC would love to write an article bashing Airtran. You would think management would be smart enough to realize that by now. I guess the company is upset 25% of us have yet to vote on the ALPA merger.

 

[Motown]

So I'm not a lawyer, but wouldn't the best course of action be to have hundreds of pilots begin wearing their uniforms to union functions? If they are not all fired, this pilot in question could then claim he is being held to a different standard than the rest of the pilot group.

Sorry, I meant suspended for 5-days, not fired.

 

[Mike man]

I wear my uniform to the circus everyday...at work.

 

[cksport]

The FO in question is a stand up guy. We were in the sim together as new hires. He has a spotless record at this company. And our previous company also. This is not gonna go down the way the Orlando folks thought it would. They may have stepped in a pile here. This should let everyone here know what you are dealing with. This is how the average joe who goes to work everyday and does his job well is treated. This is dispicable, shame on BF or whoever made this call. I hope our union uses this outrage to bring our pilot group together. We need to support this guy. He's one of the good ones. Anyone know anyone who writes for the Orlando or Atlanta newspapers?

Better yet, submit a press release to the AP. I am sure NPA has a subscription. If not, they can be picked up relatively cheap and newspapers and news agencies around the globe can pick up the story.

 

[waka]

Y'all should get a group outing together to the next circus and wear your uniforms!

Don't forget to send a group photo to management. Include another photo of one of you on one of those little bicycles that the clowns ride.

 

[Paul R. Smith]

Shame on daTranny.

How long was the suspension for? This guy a new-hire? Probation?

 

[AA717driver]

Regardless of what I think of ALPA, this should generate as close to a 100% turnout and vote for ALPA.

Stupid f-ing management. It must be a requirement of management to come from at least the third straight generation produced by incest...

TC