Originally Posted by CAL EWR

For those of you who have made hooked on phonics comments. When I initially posted this thread in my hurry to post during a spell check I inadvertently changed anniversary to university. I noticed the mistake right after I posted but unlike CAL FORUMS I could not find an edit button to correct my mistake.

I have written the following letter to my EWR chief pilot and forwarded it to my union leadership. Again this isn't about me personally but how as a whole we are all treated especially by a company that preaches dignity and respect.

At least I have the balls to post my name can not say the same for those of you who take shots.


Fred,



I understand someone forwarded you some information that I had posted regarding how I received my twenty-year service pin . After a few days of cooling off, I thought it would only be appropriate for me to write you personally since I posted the text below on CAL Forums and forwarded the post to my union leadership. What upsets me most about the way I was given my twenty-year pin isn't how I am treated personally as an individual pilot but, rather, how, as a whole, my peers are treated and the overall degradation of display of respect for our pilot group from flight operations management over the years. The words “dignity and respect” truly ring hollow to me these days.



This morning I spoke to Captain XXXX XXXX who flew his retirement trip yesterday. I learned that no one met him or said anything to him when he landed in Newark. I have heard this has occurred at the end of many of our pilots’ recent retirement flights. I remember you had quite a large retirement party in the terminal on your final flight. While I certainly understand this year is our largest pilot retirement year and it is very difficult to have a ceremony for every retiring pilot, something, even the small gesture of meeting the flight, personally shaking the retiring pilot’s hands and congratulating him or her on service is the right thing to do.



I have never worn any of my service pins, but this year was to be different and I really was going to proudly wear my twenty-year pin on my uniform.



The lack of respect for retiring pilots and the way I was given my twenty-year pin has left such a bad taste in my mouth that I have decided to give the pin to my daughter as she asked for it. I will just wear an extra ALPA pin on my uniform where I would have worn my Continental service pin.



Fred, this isn't a personal grudge I have with you personally, over the years you have always been professional, quite personable, and very nice to me. I will continue as I always do to be a consummate professional doing my job and treating my fellow co-workers with dignity and respect. However, as someone who has spent almost half his life working for Continental and hopefully will continue to work for at least another eighteen and a half years, I have to say I am quite disappointed with our corporate culture.



While it may have just been an honest mistake or oversight in both Captain XXXX XXXXX retirement flight and in the way I was given my twenty-year pin, the fact that this has happened to not just the two of us, but to many of my peers makes me believe that there is a problem with the system.



I recommend that if you are going to continue with the service retirement and pin ceremonies you have the proper specific procedures in place to give dignity to the recipient.



Having you or one of your assistant chief pilots personally come out to thank the pilot and shake the pilot’s hand in both these ceremonies would be sincerely appreciated.





Sincerely,



Captain Jayson Baron





POSTED ON CALFORUMS





"Dignity and Respect?

Is it me or do I have a right to feel slighted and once again slapped in the face by the company?

April 13 was my twenty-year anniversary with Continental. A week or so ago I had a form letter in my v-file stating how great an employee I was and how I was to be recognized for my hard word etc, etc, etc, and at the bottom it wasn't signed but in a females hand writing the name ROB was neatly printed where the letter should have been signed. I know Rob Pulvino is in training but you mean to tell me one of the other assistants or Fred Stantovich couldn't sign the letter?

Then, on Thursday I went in to the Chief Pilot’s office to pick up my pin. I asked one of the secretaries about my pin, with food in her month she motioned to me to wait while she washed her hands. She then when into Rob's office, found the box, and handed it to me and congratulated me on my service. Not that I don't appreciate the EWR CPO office staff but was this a totally classless act and slap in the face or is it just me?

I was pretty upset when it happened and I just left the office but Henry Craig and Fred Stankovich were both in their offices."