That would be XXXXXX(sp) who is absolutely the worst OE guy I have ever worked with. Several years ago, I was bidding #25 in my category and he tried to assign my TOE over thanksgiving to Rome after I specifically asked to have Thanksgiving off because my son was coming home from deployment. Never mind that I could have the whole week off with my seniority, all I wanted was 3 days with my son. What a jerk.

With 29 years with the company, I have never asked for any special favors or called in sick during a holiday. But in this case I told them point blank - "there is no way I'm missing thanksgiving with my son". I was up front and honest with them- I would call in sick for the trip if they didn't move it off of Thanksgiving. The Training Captain said there was nothing they could do.

In desperation, I called the Chief Pilots office (they knew all about XXXXXX because of all the complaints) and they took care of it for me. TOE was rescheduled to 2 days later on the Saturday after Thanksgiving to FRA.

Why that guy is still working here baffles me.