PCL ex-CP Terry M. retires early?

[Inconceivable]

Heard that he had finally had enough and punched out early to spend his remaining years flying with his "company" friends--performing extraordinary rendition on schoolchildren or running coke into Mena, AR or whatever it is those people do....

 

[PCL_128]

That's true. He wasn't due for retirement for a few more months, but he punched out early. I did hear that he plans on continuing his work for "the Company," though. No matter how hard people tried, you could never get him to admit what he did on those trips. "Oh, just flew around Africa for a little while."

 

[arthompson]

Yeah, we're going to miss him over here. I set in a class with him after I moved to training and was regailed with some of his war stories.

 

[bluefishbeagle]

Heard that he had finally had enough and punched out early to spend his remaining years flying with his "company" friends--performing extraordinary rendition on schoolchildren or running coke into Mena, AR or whatever it is those people do....

Good news! Hope he smokes himself into oblivian.

 

[Flybet3]

Good news! Hope he smokes himself into oblivian.

Indeed.

 

[Tank Commander]

Non of you really knew the man. But really quick to pass judgment. The hear say and rumor of why he was force to step down got out of control. But don't worry, me and everyone else on this broad will here to dance on your grave!

 

[PCL_128]

Non of you really knew the man. But really quick to pass judgment. The hear say and rumor of why he was force to step down got out of control. But don't worry, me and everyone else on this broad will here to dance on your grave!

I knew him well and had to sit across the desk from him on far too many occasions to defend pilots that he unjustly disciplined. He was arrogant, egotistical, unreasonable, and a hypocrite. He had the thickest employee file in the pilot group filled with disciplinary letters from before he became CP, but he still felt justified in attacking pilots that made minor errors. The airline is better off for being rid of him.

 

[bluefishbeagle]

Tank Daddy,

I deleted my first reponse to your dancing on graves remark because I remembered you can't dance.

 

[DoinTime]

I knew him well and had to sit across the desk from him on far too many occasions to defend pilots that he unjustly disciplined. He was arrogant, egotistical, unreasonable, and a hypocrite.

Just about spot on except that he was a racist and a sexist too.

 

[Flybet3]

I knew him well and had to sit across the desk from him on far too many occasions to defend pilots that he unjustly disciplined. He was arrogant, egotistical, unreasonable, and a hypocrite. He had the thickest employee file in the pilot group filled with disciplinary letters from before he became CP, but he still felt justified in attacking pilots that made minor errors. The airline is better off for being rid of him.

Are you f**ing kidding me PCL_128? Oh my gosh dude, we actually agree on something! You just saved me 20 minutes of typing!!! You couldn't have said it better your self.

 

[dondk]

Just about spot on except that he was a racist and a sexist too.

You could not have been more on... the cases I lost due to the color of the skin or the size of the boobs.

I think last summer it was 6 in a row that he termed based on that.

 

[pilotdiscretion]

It's impossible to find a pilot who walks on water but when selecting a chief pilot an airline needs to select some one who can be a leader to the young pilots, not just a hatchet man. The chief pilot sets the tone for furthering ones own aviation education, professional appearance, compliance with regulations and upholding the values of a safe airline culture.

Meford did none of this. The day a new pilot walked into Pinnacle Airlines they were regaled with stories by charter members of the Greater Northern Mississippi Flying Club with stories of his rebellion against the management, his deploying reversers in flight on a DC-8 to fly slam dunk approaches into airports in Africa, his flight case used to be a paper bag from the Piggly Wiggly or that he never wore his hat or used a checklist. All of these stories set the tone with new hire pilots and did more to make Pinnacle the zoo it is today.

Good Riddance

 

[Inconceivable]

Good Riddance

There was so much I could have quoted, but this says it best.

I never understood the redneck cult of personality they built to this "man".

As of 2002 he still couldn't check his own email.

As a newhire FO, "we" busted mins to get into SGF. How inspirational.

Terry could not lead, could not manage, and was so full of his own BS it was amazing.

Maybe that place can turn in to a real airline--pay not withstanding.

 

[Dumb Pilot]

Maybe that place can turn in to a real airline--pay not withstanding.

With Santi at the helm?

when selecting a chief pilot an airline needs to select some one who can be a leader to the young pilots, not just a hatchet man. The chief pilot sets the tone for furthering ones own aviation education, professional appearance, compliance with regulations and upholding the values of a safe airline culture.

They did find such a person, but in the Pinnacle spirit they got rid of him in less than a month. Too pilot friendly I guess

 

[Inconceivable]

I thought Santi was the temp (or Kelly Girl, if you prefer ) and the new CP was named two weeks ago.

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

I never had much interaction with him...he was always nice every time I talked with him. The stories of his past definitely made you wonder how the heck he got that job.

I do remember him telling me that we were going to be getting 70 seat airplanes by August 2006. Somebody was chugging the company kool-aid or just telling people what they wanted to hear, haha.

 

[Inconceivable]

The stories of his past definitely made you wonder how the heck he got that job.

LOA 99-07

That "team player" sued the company and the union over the Agency Shop provisions of the contract. It seems Terry was too good to pay dues or a contract administration fee since TN was a "right to work state" and he didn't feel HE should pay for the gains made on his behalf in the form of pay or work rules.

What a perfect snake for management to co-opt later--someone who bites the hand that feeds him! Him and his mail-order bride.

 

[PCL_128]

I do remember him telling me that we were going to be getting 70 seat airplanes by August 2006. Somebody was chugging the company kool-aid or just telling people what they wanted to hear, haha.

Terry was always the guy that the upper-management types would feed misinformation because they knew he would go out into the crew rooms during his pilot meetings and repeat all of it. It was in management's best interest to make the pilots think that 70-seaters were always on the verge of coming, because then the pilots could be manipulated into feeling scared about "rocking the boat" with the contract talks. In Terry, management had a gullible gossip that would go out and spread whatever kind of nonsense that they needed to spread. They still use a few of the senior checkairmen in this role, especially Bob H.

 

[WildBlue]

Mefford was a clown. I remember when he and an FO nearly came to blows down in the smoke hole around 2000. This was a couple of months before TM was named Chief Pilot. Amazing that the FO simply stood there and stared the prick down daring Mefford to take swing at him.

Shortly after that the FO was elected to be the MEC Chairman and another couple of weeks after that Mefford was made CP. I bet that made for some very interesting meetings.

 

[Inconceivable]

Now that he is gone will anything be done about Gary B. in MSP?

I mean, I am sorry that he was led to believe he would become an RJ CA, get his time and go to a major with only rotor time when he came aboard in 2001. I am sorry they laid him off right after he moved to MSP after 9/11 and kept Lisa Roddy on the job. I am sorry that his kid died of cancer. But this guy has really set a new low in personal vendettas and arrogance.

For the unaware, this "base manager" got mad at a line pilot over a personality conflict and he wrote the FAA Aeromedical Branch in OKC on company letterhead stating that he thought the pilot in question was unstable and recommended that his medical be pulled. Which it was for 6-7 months.

That is the kind of person you wish bowel cancer upon.