Originally Posted by
joepilot
Guys, please be really careful here. UAL union got a really big fine a few years ago based mostly on what was posted online by some of our more rabid people. There are lots of management people reading what is posted here. This could really hurt efforts to get a good contract.
Joe
Can you please provide examples of specific activities (e.g. what they said) resulting in a fine? Lots of people have opinions but rarely a true understanding of the process and its findings that resulted in the fine. Need data.
So far nothing here has been written with the singular purpose of devaluing the company's profit or otherwise in a malicious capacity. Only the legal responsibilities of a pilot are discussed. There shouldn't be retribution for exposing a degrading safety culture, although it appears to be rampant in this industry due to decades of pilot tolerance for it.
The best thing to do is to let the FAA sort things out.
If there's a concern regarding safety, no matter how small, it should always be reported. The FAA will take over and thus the pilot is not liable for spreading rumors or anything like that. This could have helped other airlines that have gotten recent attention in the media.
I wonder how many pilots at 2 recently highlighted airlines walked past safety issues or safety culture issues without using the FAA hotline....
https://hotline.faa.gov/
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