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And the Terrorists out there are all saying - Thank You, US Air Management. We truly appreciate how you are discouraging your pilots from participating in the FFDO program...
Had this happened postflight, it would have been handled differently. Accidents that occur while adhering to SOP's are accidents. Mishaps that occur while violating SOP's are "a little tougher" to defend.Management? Terrorists? This guys seems to be doing a fine job endangering his fellow pilot and passengers and threatening the FFDO program all by himself. While it was an unfortunate accident, why do you think he should keep his job?
Had this happened postflight, it would have been handled differently. Accidents that occur while adhering to SOP's are accidents. Mishaps that occur while violating SOP's are "a little tougher" to defend.
never mind the conveniently overlooked fact how an AD could have capped the other pilot and had it been multiple AD's hit something and ricoceted (sp?) and capped both pilots
but besides that, nah, just a tiny mistake. heck, it is TSA's fault. Blame Bush too. Blame Hillary also.
I call BS on this. ALPA is required to grieve every termination. They're not just defending the pilot; they're defending the contract. The process takes many months so I'd bet the preliminaries had begun. USAPA's grievance committee, if there is one, is free to take over. The contract is still in effect.ALPA made the decision to not defend him.
The chances of a 'hollow point (A)' round, ricochetting (correct sp. dictionary.com) off of aluminum would be very unlikely. In fact, from the pics, the round, accidently fired (B), barely pierced the outer skin (C) of the a/c.
Regardless, the pilot should NOT have been fired; and all pilots (FFDOs or not), should be outraged. peroid. Total B.S.
For what its worth.
DA