Originally Posted by
Knotcher
I've never been given grief for writing something up, nor hesitate to do so, and neither do 95% of my peers. Go have a beer Axl, you sound like you could use one or ten.
Sorry, I just don't drink that much. And even if I did, I wouldn't use alcohol the way you nonchalantly suggest.
My experience in with your mechanics suggest you are in the minority. I've heard my Captains being informed that 'if you were a Continental captain you would be replaced'. I guess they are all just making this stuff up.
The bottom line is that the maintenance condition of our planes is NOT what you insinuated. If it were, that plane would still be at the gate.