Originally Posted by
FreshWater
There was an extraordinary amount of captains fired in the last five years. His case got the most publicity. I don’t think his law suit is aiming at reinstatement. I think it’s just a cash settlement, which he will probably get. I believe, management claimed he was not humble enough during his interrogation and did not agree with his actions. Hence he was terminated.
Now we have a contract that acts as a buffer by allowing us to mandate representation during any interrogations, I mean safety debriefings. And an arbitration process for any disciplinary action.
Actually, I think what the company perceived as a lack of humility was more of a look of total bewilderment at the board's bizarre and nonstandard suggestions. The attending union reps were dumbfounded by the board's commentary as well.
Later, the FSRB, namely Bob Lieser, stated that the captain failed to recognize the subject matter experts in the room. I'm not sure what that means exactly. Maybe Bob knows.