Originally Posted by
skeebo2
In addition to this (your report card, which you can see per CBA) management maintains a PILOT REPORT CARD on us all that you DONT see. It has your picture on it. If you call in fatigued the DO makes a one sided entry which makes you look bad. For example " the pilot when asked had no extenuating circumstances for the call."
Other companies had this and ALPA made them stop. It was found to be (as best as I can recall) a shop list? An "illegal' management tool against union members.
I've heard it before and this information is also useless to me. Are they going to look up your pilot report card, the secret one, the next time you step on it and choose to be harsher with you because of it? Should I not call fatigued because I'm worried about keeping my job? Maybe the FAA should learn more about this program. I'm not sure but it sounds like it might run counter to our new found focus on safety.
Does a desire to keep your secret file in good shape, for protection, change the way you do business? I submit it should not. If YOU do something really wrong and the "right" people notice they will make an example of YOU, regardless of your secret status.