Hey I don't usually start threads unless Hitler's excess is involved, but who else has an issue with the tone of JP's e-mail? For those who don't have access or haven't read it, here's the summary: "You guys try really hard and we appreciate that, but you've F-d up too much lately according to the FAA so were gonna start sitting you down for 3 months when you screw up."

For the first 5 seconds after reading this e-mail my response was "Man why are we such bone-heads that we keep messing up?"

From second 6 on my feeling was "Hey mister Safety Guy, I have an idea. Let's maybe investigate why guys are screwing up. Let's check the metrics. How many well rested, non-excessed, non-4a2b pay cut having mofos, not flying in the middle of the night on day 4 of BUF-MEM out and backs with 12 hours off are screwing up? Huh? Is there anything about our system form that right now may be contributing to this big uptick in deviations?

Of course not. Instead let's just threaten guys with 3 months off without pay. That'll solve everything, right?

Maybe I had too many beers on Beale Street tonight and should have sobered up before I posted this. But I'm tired of hearing that we alone are at fault for the problems we've run into the last 18 months or so.

Sorry, I almost forgot:

Discuss!!