Yank McCobb
Song and Dance Man
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- Mar 10, 2005
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Ihaveflown said:One first officer was fired because it was said that he had thrown his crew meal across the lobby of an FBO. This first officer had proof that he had not ever been to that airport.
I know this pilot well, and I have no dog in this fightm but this statement is as false as false can get. This pilot WAS at that airport and FBO at the time and date in question. His version was that he didn't throw the food across the lobby, but did complain (maybe a bit too vociferously) about it.
This guy had previous problems at the company, by his own admission, ranging from complaints from owners and a sexual harassment issue resulting from an incident on a hotel van.
He was never going to upgrade, based on his standing at the company, and the FBO incident was just the final straw that led to his dismissal.
Whatever else transpired at Flexjet, the firing of this particular pilot was not just the company randomly letting pilots go.
He got out of the industry for a while, had a couple of false starts trying to get back into it, and finally found a contract pilot position overseas.