SWA LGA Captain Fired

[145BOSS]

FO assigned additional training.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/20...-captain-over-nose-first-landing-at-laguardia

 

[Kharma Police]

Is SWAPA going to try and get her job back?

 

[K-Mart]

They don't have a choice. Unless she doesn't fight it.

 

[NoJoy]

Interesting. Hard to say, but a go-around may have been better than trying to save the landing. I am sure she will get her job back though within say 12 months.

 

[Kharma Police]

They don't have a choice. Unless she doesn't fight it.

True, I was wondering if maybe Gary paid her some hush money to make her go away quietly for good?

 

[Skyboy722]

True, I was wondering if maybe Gary paid her some hush money to make her go away quietly for good?

He usually does.

 

[Luv2BFlyin]

Why is the f/o getting training? Are they going to train him how to wrestle the controls from the captain at low altitude? I'd hope SWAPA would be fighting that before worrying about the captain's job. Of course all of this is speculation as the NTSB has not finished their investigation yet.

 

[livin'thesim]

Why is the f/o getting training? Are they going to train him how to wrestle the controls from the captain at low altitude? I'd hope SWAPA would be fighting that before worrying about the captain's job. Of course all of this is speculation as the NTSB has not finished their investigation yet.

Most likely this is just CYA. If an incident happens, airlines always have to make sure everyone gets "re-trained", mostly for political reasons.

 

[K-Mart]

True, I was wondering if maybe Gary paid her some hush money to make her go away quietly for good?

If they paid her off I believe she would have resigned. Fire is fire so I'm thinking she has received nada.

 

[HowardBorden]

Is SWAPA going to try and get her job back?

They don't have a choice, that is their job whether they like it or not. SWAPA will argue the case to the best of their abilities.

"The union will ensure the terminated pilot receives their right to due process"

 

[PBRstreetgang]

They don't have a choice, that is their job whether they like it or not. SWAPA will argue the case to the best of their abilities.

"The union will ensure the terminated pilot receives their right to due process"

Due process, means that all the contractual requirements for discipline/termination are met.
Pretty sure totaling the plane and injuring passengers would most likely be a terminable situation though.

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Was the captain from the Chicago and Burbank overruns fired?

 

[Capn Butthead]

The MDW captain retired immediately. He was very upset over what happened. Everyone will tell you that he was a class act and a great man. Just got caught in the perfect storm. I wish him the best. I'm not sure about the BUR captain.

 

[FoxHunter]

Due process, means that all the contractual requirements for discipline/termination are met.
Pretty sure totaling the plane and injuring passengers would most likely be a terminable situation though.

If don't want to be held responsible you require a political or upper management position.

 

[JT12345]

Interesting. Hard to say, but a go-around may have been better than trying to save the landing. I am sure she will get her job back though within say 12 months.

There is nothing hard to say about it. She violated FARs not doing a go around at 400'. It was too much time for any other choice.

Now if there was a blunder by the FO at a lower altitude lets say in the flare or maybe slightly higher a go around still should have been executed, but a save might have been more a legitimate mistake and less about pilot judgement.

I still have to say that we do not know the whole story yet.