BA 777 Captain reportedly quits
08-12-2009, 08:52 AM
#21
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Position: B747-400 Captain
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I too, am one of the 78 folks taking VR from BA (at 52 years of age from the 747 fleet)!
I spoke to Capt Burkhill a few weeks ago while waiting for transport to the crew car park. He suggested then to me that life had been 'difficult' ever since the first few days after the incident. He suggested that the 'open door' to Willie Walsh had been 'closed'. Rumour has it that some CC trainers had been feeding the line that he had 'frozen' after the landing. Investigations failed to prove any such incidents, but anyone within BA will recognise this as typical within a dysfunctional/out of control CC organisation.
Believe it or not, but his role as PIC in the LHR incident, now precludes him from achieving an interview in certain areas (Korean for one) as he has an accident on his file
He is a normal guy, guilty of nothing other than enjoying life, and being hounded out of a job by a few halfwits, and unsupported by management.
He will doubtless be welcomed by an enlightened airline who would see him as a 'sales opportunity'.
Good luck Pete
I spoke to Capt Burkhill a few weeks ago while waiting for transport to the crew car park. He suggested then to me that life had been 'difficult' ever since the first few days after the incident. He suggested that the 'open door' to Willie Walsh had been 'closed'. Rumour has it that some CC trainers had been feeding the line that he had 'frozen' after the landing. Investigations failed to prove any such incidents, but anyone within BA will recognise this as typical within a dysfunctional/out of control CC organisation.
Believe it or not, but his role as PIC in the LHR incident, now precludes him from achieving an interview in certain areas (Korean for one) as he has an accident on his file
He is a normal guy, guilty of nothing other than enjoying life, and being hounded out of a job by a few halfwits, and unsupported by management.
He will doubtless be welcomed by an enlightened airline who would see him as a 'sales opportunity'.
Good luck Pete
08-12-2009, 10:04 AM
#22
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Joined APC: Apr 2009
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Originally Posted by BA Pilot
He will doubtless be welcomed by an enlightened airline who would see him as a 'sales opportunity'.
Good luck Pete
Good luck Pete
Seriously tho he must have something lined up because I don't care what CC says, I would not take that walk out...Even tho it is worth 10 years of regional FO pay
08-12-2009, 01:07 PM
#23
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Originally Posted by BA Pilot
I spoke to Capt Burkhill a few weeks ago while waiting for transport to the crew car park. He suggested then to me that life had been 'difficult' ever since the first few days after the incident. He suggested that the 'open door' to Willie Walsh had been 'closed'. Rumour has it that some CC trainers had been feeding the line that he had 'frozen' after the landing. Investigations failed to prove any such incidents, but anyone within BA will recognise this as typical within a dysfunctional/out of control CC organisation.
Do the CC trainers control the airline? Is a CA's (or any other pilot's) professional reputation made or broken by what those people "say" about somebody? Has respect for the position of PIC at foreign airlines sunk below that of the U.S. airlines?
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