G4dude said:
I was referring to the nauseating practice of grounding the airplanes for bogus reasons, which many, but not all, of your Union brethren were doing. I have had several FOs come up to me on the ramp and tell me that was what their captain was doing, and that it was driving them nuts. Speaking of vomit.
No worries G4...After watching this for 6 months or so, those who caused the most problems with grounding airplanes have really made a name for themselves. Their true colors have come out in all of this and their time will come. And before everyone goes off on me let me explain myself...
First, nobody in the company has any problem with grounding an airplane if there is an airworthy issue. This company is not in the business of flying unsafe airplanes. When you have an individual ground 10 airplanes in 1 rotation for the same thing, it tends to raise a flag. Expecially when it is stuff like placards or paint. When this happens rotation after rotation with the same individuals of course they will look like the bad guy.
Second, how does it look when a pilot calls in in-flight and says "I have a tire that will be worn beyond limits when I land in BFE"?
How's about the picketing was happening in OMA, we had several calls about issues with aircraft. It was not known by operations that we had prepositioned mechanics in OMA with a whole truckful of parts. Every mx call we had, we immediately send a tech out. In most instances the surprised pilot all of the sudden could not duplicate his / her problem. (I am talking about a response time of only minutes)
These are just a very few of the things I'm talking about.
Also I have seen alot of negativity about your management. I don't know of any management that is perfect. I can understand you guys attitude on upper level management. As far as your CP's, and ACP's, they really are there FOR you. These guys do go to bat for you and if mistakes are made they do what they can to minimize the effects. I recently witnessed a group of ACP's save the jobs of 2 pilots after they ran their wingtip into a fence.
If any of you don't agree with this, that is fine. If you have been brought to CMH for a chat, maybe it's because you fell into a category I spoke of earlier in this post.
SG