You are correct. It is self-defeating and it makes no sense. We have never understood why, especially when we were short staffed, they took this mentality. But they do. This simply demonstrates that we have absolute morons running the company. New hires on probation can and will get fired for things they may not have even done. It's happened! All it takes is an accusation from a senior CA and you are out. These "wise" men that run the company don't even bother to ask you your side of the story. Alpa can do little for new hires not that our union does much of anything but hold secret meetings and spend dues on pointless crap like stickers.