AirTran Pilot Reinstated

[waveflyer]

Well, I certainly expect that to be an awful history and nothing you guys have to deal with again

 

[FlyinGuy]

Is he on the new list?

 

[shon7]

Wow...ordered to pay a million dollars in back pay and compensatory damages. He hit the lottery twice.

That hardly covers the damage to reputation, the family life, lost peace of mind and health issues that he presumably faced during the ordeal.

 

[DonVerita]

Lear and PCL,

I heard from a well placed source that AirTran Management will be required by OSHA to inform all employees of this award. Is this SOP in this type of case?

 

[Lear70]

Yes, DonV.

I'm not sure how they'll distribute the information though. It may just be on an obscured bulletin board in ops. I don't think they're required to mail notices to everyone's homes or put it on Crew Trac or FliCA as a required read, but don't quote me on that.

Right now we're just trying to figure out how to place him on the list for AAI and SWA and how he's going to fit back into the pipeline. His slot was never accounted for since he lost his arbitration, and to properly put him back in the system according to the rules "as if he was never gone", he'll be allowed to bid whatever his seniority can hold, come back on the AAI side as a CA on whatever he wants to bid, then transition to whatever he wants to hold (he's senior enough to hold whatever slot he wanted of the 3 choices).

Still some work to be done until he's back online.

 

[Lear70]

Double post... stupid internet in CUN hotel sucks.

 

[Lear70]

Well, I certainly expect that to be an awful history and nothing you guys have to deal with again

Amen. :thumbsup:

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Great news.

 

[Just thinking]

Some of the same stooges that we in total and complete support of this action against this pilot are now management personnel with swa airlines..... maybe they are trying to import some of the MCO love that the airtran pilots have been dealing with for years.???
Great man. Great pilot. Great news.

 

[PCL_128]

I hope they return the favor to a certain AirTran VP for causing this.

He's already long gone. Retired last year.

 

[dicko]

He's already long gone. Retired last year.

The other two are working their way into SWA Mgt; "I'll never forgive the Germans for attacking Pearl Harbor".

 

[igneousy2]

The whistleblower law that pilots can use falls under OSHA. Seems silly, I know, but that's how it's done.

Because sometimes the FAA is complicent in the actions against pilots. It is actually a great law in pilots favor.

 

[redflyer65]

When someone is re-instated, is the reimbursement of money reduced by the amount of money he made outside of being off property, or is he do the full amount no matter what?

 

[PCL_128]

When someone is re-instated, is the reimbursement of money reduced by the amount of money he made outside of being off property, or is he do the full amount no matter what?

If it's a reinstatement through the grievance process, then it's reduced by the amount made elsewhere. In this case with an OSHA claim, I'm not really sure, though. I would imagine that it's the same, but you never know. They may want the company to pay anyway as a form of punishment.

 

[dicko]

If it's a reinstatement through the grievance process, then it's reduced by the amount made elsewhere. In this case with an OSHA claim, I'm not really sure, though. I would imagine that it's the same, but you never know. They may want the company to pay anyway as a form of punishment.

It's not the same as an Arbitration. I think he'll get the entire amount. The tax liability may be another issue.