Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
...You should be fighting this WITH the east pilots. Wake up man!
Carl
Mr Spackler,
Since pilot support is rarely like some types of canine or human love...unconditional or blind, respectively, perhaps Cactus Mike simply isn't able to support a pilot who, by most accounts, acted in a very unprofessional manner, likely contrary to written material in the USAir ops manual? One could throw in a lack of personal maturity and a spoiled child analogy, but no sense in piling on.
My own phone inquiries to PSTAN sources indicate that the incident in question was quite public, loud and in clear conflict with written prohibitions regarding such behavior.
The following is written in the United/Continental ops manual...
"...At no time shall a pilot discuss in the presence of customers or outsiders any matter which would cast doubt on the safety of the operation of a flight...
...Pilots are expected to conduct all matters in the vicinity of the aircraft in a business-like manner...
...Our company’s image and its success depend to a large degree on the conduct of our employees. Employees are expected to act at all times in accordance with the highest moral and ethical standards.
An employee must perform no act which is detrimental to the welfare or reflects unfavorably on the company or its employees. Public statements or displays by employees which are adverse to the business interest of the company are prohibited..."
The above language exists in a similar form in most ops manuals.