Originally Posted by
dracir1
serious question/thought
Much like SWAPA sued Boeing for withholding information about aircraft systems, is there any way we (the union) can sue Frontier for inadequate training practices? There's obviously a precedent and just because most of our LCA/sim check peeps are decent instructors doesn't mean a thing in a mishap investigation. Who's gonna be left holding the bag on an NTSB investigation when it's determined that a pilot was UQ when he/she slid off the runway (or worse, the plane is at the gate, the pilot is doing everything right and a bag loader runs into the plane so badly an investigation is triggered)? You think the pilot will be given a pass because F9 training dept is incompetent?
This is more serious than I think some people think...
I feel like this would be more of an indictment of our training system as a whole then crossing a T and dotting an I.
if someone slides off the runway, it certainly looks bad if they were signed off by someone who wasn’t signed off themselves. But, was that the REAL reason they slid off the runway?
I get that the paperwork must always be right. You can fly a flight and do everything correctly. But, if there’s a missing signature in the MX can, you’re still wrong.
yeah you’d lose in the court of public opinion, and you’d also lose in real court too.
TLDR: mishandled paperwork doesn’t necessarily mean failure of the system or improper training.