Originally Posted by
Blackhawk
There was actually a lawsuit against TSA back in the mid 1990's about this. They had an "up or out" policy and would use two busts to get rid of pilots who irritated management. My brother was actually called as a witness. It is my understanding that the outcome was that anyone terminated due to two check ride busts was given the opportunity to come back and go through training/check ride with an ALPA observer.
Interesting. Yeah, I'm sure anyone who ****es management off bad enough will eventually get the can one way or another... Generally not a good idea to become "that guy." Shouldn't be that way, but unfortunately it is (probably not just at TSA).