Originally Posted by
Tuck
Ahh....from someone who may not be that familiar with the RLA and status quo. So a pilot refuses a jet with 5 write ups when historically, over his 15 year career, he flew jets time and time again with even more write ups. Could Company fire you? Of course. Depends how far the Company wants to take it. RLA is against the pilots today - you don't have nearly the leverage you once had.
What? No. A pilot could not get fired for refusing to fly with OPEN write-ups. At least his firing would not be upheld. There's no such thing as flying with "write-ups." Do you mean MELS? If a pilot refused to fly because of too many MEL items, he could be disciplined. Termination? Maybe. Depends on his reason for refusing. If he can articulate reasons why it's not safe then I think he would be OK. Simple refusal on principal? Not so much.