Originally Posted by
flextodaline
OK, I opened a can of worms, but here's my take. 99.9999% of our guys have the integrity to do the right thing. There is a very small percentage of people that think they can get away with something, whether it be to benefit themselves, or in their eyes, screw the company. When these individuals think they can get away with something and that they are smarter then everyone else, they eventually get caught.....it's the law of averages. Even though the company watchdog (LK) is nowhere in sight, there are still folks that monitor this kind of thing......it's the way big business operates. These individuals, by (possibly, maybe, supposedly)performing these less than honest dealings, eventually make it harder for the 99.999% of the pilots doing it right. This is what hacks me off.
True, we are only hearing one side of the story, and I'm by no means a purple kool-aid drinker, but when part of our group (possibly, maybe, supposedly) tries to be slick, and the company has to spend time and effort on this crap instead of working towards making the company better, then we all suffer.
Sorry, thought I would insert some corrections I thought were needed, possibly.
The email from BM mentions just culture being the reason that he wrote to the crew force. I am sure that all this goes way above his head though. I am aware of one of the guys that is terminated, and from what I understand, he was offered to confess his guilt, pay back the $, and sign a non disclosure.
In the interest of just culture, I would hope that the Company would make public the rational and contract sections that were specifically not followed by the accused. A non disclosure has a bad taste written all over it, IMO. If the interpretation of the contract that was used to can these guys is vague, not specific, or has a 1% chance that it can be interpreted in the pilots favor, maybe just culture would say that "It is a little vague, we are going to clarify everything, you are not fired, you do not have to pay back anything, and you will no longer be getting the housing allowance until you meet the conditions set forth in our clarification." That would be true PSP.