Originally Posted by
MD80driver2day
It's actually not every man for himself here. 99% of the pilot group stands up for one another and are outraged by this termination. The Sheik is just trying to make a name for himself. He's a mid level Airbus Captain in PIE with management aspirations.
We had an evac go terribly wrong a year or two ago. From what I've heard (I'm sure the same people who the Shiek talks to), the engines were still running when the evacuation command was given. Those guys weren't fired...No one was hurt and it was safety driven, even if they did F a few things up. Clearly this was for the benefit of the union.
From what you've heard...... Brilliant. So what you hear is credible and when I talk to the FA responsible for making the call to the captain then I'm going by hearsay. I can't be more clear. He told me that there wasn't any smoke....anywhere.
Even the Lake Charles guys had a story, are we supposed to blindly support him? Not his fault that he got a flat tire at V1......or did he drive off the end of the runway before he rotated?
The fact is that it was a perfectly good airplane and he screwed up.
No amount of ranting on here or gofundme campaigns will help.