Originally Posted by sailingfun

These kinds of rumors about firings spread like wild fire and always turn out to be either a event that never happened or the rest of the story was never told. Usually the rest of the story involves a thick file and personal issues the employee involved has never mentioned to anyone.
The legal standard to fire someone is the same union or non Union. With a union they pay to represent you. Non union you have to hire a attorney. Over the years I have sadly been involved in issues that I thought for sure would mean immediate termination. Everyone got their job back. Delta has a very extensive set of rules for terminating a employee who is non union including a peer review. There are multiple cross checks.