Compass FA Whisteblower Story

[wmuflyguy]

We should be praising this whistleblower instead of calling her an idiot. What if this was a pilot whistleblower? They would be called a hero by ALPA and be allowed no less than half a page article on the ALPA magazine.

What wrong doing was she reporting? Low wages? Not exactly reporting wrong doing as no one is forcing her to work for them. As far as it is a safety issue, lets debatable.

As for her reporting that they don't do maintenance, not sure how she would know that.

Most pilots who talk to the press are smart enough not to put their name out there. Most companies have rules about talking to the media, mine specifically prohibits it unless authorized to by the company (union officials are exempt from that). If she violated the rules, then she has to deal with the consequences of her actions. Just like a pilot, dispatcher, or ramper would.

 

[bizicmo]

Why wouldn't she know that they don't do maintenance? She is trained to identify broken items in her area that would require maintenance. If those things are broken, are reported as broken and then are not fixed, I would call that not doing required maintenance.

 

[WalterSobchak]

Why wouldn't she know that they don't do maintenance? She is trained to identify broken items in her area that would require maintenance. If those things are broken, are reported as broken and then are not fixed, I would call that not doing required maintenance.

Sure, she was trained to identify broken items, but was she trained to understand the complexities of carrying forward certain deferred maintenance items? Did any of those broken items impact the safety of flight?

 

[rene]

This is a big part of the problem right there. The company loves to talk about the $ amount, not that you are only going to get 10 days off and are on call 24 hours a day the rest of the month.

I must be missing something? Who is on call 24 hours a day for 20 days? Someone posted earlier, if nobody applied for these jobs pay and benefits would improve. The problem is that people do apply and the "company" hires them. The company has a right to determine how much they will pay for each job. Each of us has a right to decide what we are willing to work for. Thats the free market folks. Don't accept the job and then complain about it to the media.

 

[wmuflyguy]

Why wouldn't she know that they don't do maintenance? She is trained to identify broken items in her area that would require maintenance. If those things are broken, are reported as broken and then are not fixed, I would call that not doing required maintenance.

She is most likely not trained in deferrals or other mx processes. I know a few pilots at Compass and they have never complained about mx being an issue.

Something may be broke, deferred properly, and the a/c deemed airworthy by the pic, but all she knows is the item still doesn't work. Some items could have been deemed quite a while, 10 days or more, and with a relatively small fleet she might have flown the plane on one rotation, then 8 days later flown the same plane with the same broken item and all she sees is the company didn't fix it, even though it is still legal and safe.

I'm curious if her accusation had any specifics as to what mx wasn't performed.

 

[Raoul Duke]

She is absolutely not a whilsteblower. If a pilot said "I didnt understand how I would get paid when I accepted this job" he would not be celebrated, we would all roll our eyes and hope that he gets a 709 ride soon so he is not an FO on our next flight

 

[DrewBlows]

I don't know if compass is or isn't doing required maintenance but to claim that she isn't in the position to know is a bit false.

My comments weren't false in any way.

According to the report by KSAZ Fox in Phoenix, she said "regular maintenance is ignored." At no point was she ever trained about "regular maintenance," whatever that means, and she had no access to any maintenance records.

If you ran an airline, had a policy against speaking to the press about your airline about anything, and an employee went to the press and said that you didn't perform "regular maintenance" on your airplanes, would you continue to employ that person?

 

[bizicmo]

My comments weren't false in any way.

According to the report by KSAZ Fox in Phoenix, she said "regular maintenance is ignored." At no point was she ever trained about "regular maintenance," whatever that means, and she had no access to any maintenance records.

If you ran an airline, had a policy against speaking to the press about your airline about anything, and an employee went to the press and said that you didn't perform "regular maintenance" on your airplanes, would you continue to employ that person?

So you don't know what she means but whatever she means is wrong.

 

[GOULET!]

Compass has some of the best maintenance of any regional out there. I suspect her claim of them not doing required maintenance is sightly skewed to embellish her side of the story. In no way is she a whistle blower...just an idiot who didn't realize how little money FA's actually make.

 

[pilotmyf]

So you don't know what she means but whatever she means is wrong.

Biz....are you dating her? That would explain it......

 

[DrewBlows]

So you don't know what she means but whatever she means is wrong.

I can't say for certain that Compass complies with all required maintenance because I don't have auditing access to the system or the training to interpret it if I were given access though I've never seen or heard of any neglect of maintenance at Compass. I have a hard time believing that a flight attendant with zero maintenance training knows more about what maintenance is or isn't being performed than me.

So, yes I don't know what she means and since she is talking about something she knows nothing about I believe she is wrong.

 

[BeachBummer]

You guys that think this chick is anything but a knucklehead must be smoking the good stuff. She took the position thinking she was gonna be some sort of sky godess and the reality of being a cart donkey sucks. There's no glamour in january when your doing overnights in cedar rapids. There's no whistle to blow here.

These jobs are not inteded to be long term. They are taylored to cycle the employee in and out. In most cases regional FA's are only expected to last 18-36mo. The last thing this girl needs is sensitivity. She needs a glass of real life because not everything is given to you. Get an education and a real job if you want to make some $$$.

This gets filed in the attempt to create drama folder as EPIC FAIL!
uhg, i got sucked in too... @#$$%^^%

 

[CX880]

You guys that think this chick is anything but a knucklehead must be smoking the good stuff. She took the position thinking she was gonna be some sort of sky godess and the reality of being a cart donkey sucks. There's no glamour in january when your doing overnights in cedar rapids. There's no whistle to blow here.

These jobs are not inteded to be long term. They are taylored to cycle the employee in and out. In most cases regional FA's are only expected to last 18-36mo. The last thing this girl needs is sensitivity. She needs a glass of real life because not everything is given to you. Get an education and a real job if you want to make some $$$.

This gets filed in the attempt to create drama folder as EPIC FAIL!
uhg, i got sucked in too... @#$$%^^%

Their just trying to improve their QOL. What's wrong with that? With your analogy pilots shouldnt be striving for better anything because that's just the way the job is, taylored to cycle the employee in and out.

She should be a fok hero in our industry and should be allowed an article on the ALPA magazine, especially if she's hot.

 

[Raoul Duke]

Are you banging this chick? Seems like you are all butt hurt for her.

 

[regionaltard]

Pilot blowing > whistle blowing.