SkyWest ordered to rehire pilot

[GuppyPuppy]

Way to go, Don!

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GP

 

[SPilot]

The two experts look at generic block letters and compare to only the handwriting of the individual believed to have written them? I'm impressed.

 

[WWEfan]

One more reason for ALPA at SkyWest. Imagine what this guy went through at his own expense.

 

[makersmarc]

I love a happy ending

 

[Oakum_Boy]

Nice atmosphere you guys have over there.

 

[120% Torque]

Every once in a while the good guys win. Way to go Don for never giving in! For those younger guys who think they are immune from this ever happening, think again. Don, never in his wildest dreams thought this would happen to him. All it takes is to get on one pissed off managers bad side that is having a bad day and you are the whipping boy. Don had an impecable flying career of 16 years. SIXTEEN YEARS without so much as a hicup in his training and never a disciplinary problem. Not one. Then after getting in the cross hairs of one out of contol cheif pilot his career is very nearly ruined. It can happen to anyone. Ive seen the most ardent anti alpa folks do a 180 that realize even with thier butt kissing they arent completely immune. Get smart. Get protected.

 

[120% Torque]

By the way DON WAS ANTI-UNION. Guess where he stands on the issue now?! It only takes one event. Alot of guys here arent trained to do anything but fly planes. Even with a degree, with no experience in the business world or MBA you are pretty much starting in the mail room. With the pilot records sharing act and how it has morphed into something it was not intended for (disciplinary info being mailed to all prospective employers) your career is almost certainly toast or at the least set back by ten years should something like this happen to you. Don is around 50 years old. His carreer would have ended had he not had the resources to fight this. Over 30 guys/gals have been fired from skywest over the last two years, moreso than any other similar carrier. Many didnt have the resources to fight like Don. Something like this, without support sucks the life out of the pilot (no sleep, no money, family trauma up to and including divorce) to the point he cant hardly even say what he wants to say in the event he ever does have the chance to try to defend himself in front of a bunch of people who are probably already hedged going with the manager. What about Sapa, please look at this case. Its not a far flung, made up scenario. It happend and a pilot was unfairly fired. Sapa actually hurt this guys case. Once again, folks just like when you fly, hope for the best but contingency plan and buy some insurance for the worst!

 

[~~~^~~~]

Wow... just wow.

"As a pilot, [Douglas] was trained to declare himself unfit should he become unfit during the course of a shift. He believed that it would be a violation of federal air safety regulations if he were to fly unfit, or were to allow a crew member to fly that he had determined was unfit," Pulver wrote.
"He also believed that he as the captain had the final authority to make fitness determinations concerning himself and his crew," the judge wrote.
SkyWest disagreed. After an investigation, Tony Fizer, the airline's western region chief pilot, suspended Douglas for a week without pay and put a letter of reprimand in Douglas's personnel file. Fizer said Douglas was already unfit to fly when he arrived for work. Douglas also did not have the authority to keep his crew from flying, Fizer said.
Two months later, a review board reversed the suspension and downgraded the severity of the letter. Fizer was told to inform Douglas that in the future he should consult with a flight surgeon before declaring himself unfit and each crew member must tell the company if they believe they are unable to work. Only if a crew member was incapacitated could Douglas declare that person unfit for duty.

Fizer, whoever you are, you are unfit to be a Chief Pilot in this writer's opinion.

Is Fizer the EMB FO / Chief Pilot that we have heard about all the way out here on the East Coast?

ALPA should send this idiot a Christmas card. Nobody can organize a union the way this kind of manager can.

 

[SkyNation]

congrats to DD and welcome back!

 

[skypine69]

Fizer is still a manager. amazing.