Originally Posted by
johnso29
Well ya know sometimes you have to double check that flight plan. Especially on those RNAV departures. You don't want to cause a potential mid air collision. Safety first.
And NWA took the MEC to court for a cease and desist and lost because the MEC had taken great pains to tell pilots not to do anything unprofessional. They also got lucky. Both AMR and UAL have lost on that count before. Also in NWA's case it had more to do with a ridiculously draconian SL policy together with a even more ridiculously unrealistic staffing formula that left the operation running at redline with no flex. Recall the fix was to change the SL policy.