Pilot's row over speaking English in cockpit of HK Express flight 'destroyed career'
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Pilot's row over speaking English in cockpit of HK Express flight 'destroyed career'
Very badly-written and unclear article.
And sad to say, office politics still play a big part in these situations.
Pretty sure I have a licence that has an annual renewal too...
And sad to say, office politics still play a big part in these situations.
Pretty sure I have a licence that has an annual renewal too...
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Not sure that rocking into your manager's office and telling him you want to kill yourself, is the best way to get back on the roster.
But it sounds like the situation was badly handled by everyone.
At least CX has the safety valve of 5 sicknesses. So you can avoid the people you don't want to fly with, and thus avoid a cockpit confrontation like this one.
But it sounds like the situation was badly handled by everyone.
At least CX has the safety valve of 5 sicknesses. So you can avoid the people you don't want to fly with, and thus avoid a cockpit confrontation like this one.
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Apparently, there is an airbus checker that throws a tantrum if you write on the front page of the CFP, or tick the notams..etc. ?.
Cathay is not immune to letting theses kinds of idiots through the door.
Cathay is not immune to letting theses kinds of idiots through the door.
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The Bipolar Leprechaun! 
He had a complete dummy spit melt down one night when he got up to take a piss and I said "My radios" (throw back admittedly from an old company).
He got back "This is my effing aircraft my radios - they're not you're effing radios" .... breathing fire and looking down his nose at me.
The seat went back I grabbed Part A and It was a single pilot operation until he saw the errors in his ways.
To be sure to be sure you miserable git
He had a complete dummy spit melt down one night when he got up to take a piss and I said "My radios" (throw back admittedly from an old company).
He got back "This is my effing aircraft my radios - they're not you're effing radios" .... breathing fire and looking down his nose at me.
The seat went back I grabbed Part A and It was a single pilot operation until he saw the errors in his ways.
To be sure to be sure you miserable git
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Are you being serious? It must be me but when I go to work I want to get in there, do the job, collect my money, hopefully crack a few jokes with my colleagues and bugger off home. Does it really matter what you say when someone is going to the loo?
I think the article is a spoof. Eddie Eagles?.. Eddie the Eagle? Or perhaps life imitating art?
No one in their right mind mind would get upset about a couple of guys having a personal conversation in the cockpit.
Good grief, just pull out this weeks edition of Flight International or Hustler and start thumbing through the pages until everyone is ready to work.
How difficult can that be?
No one in their right mind mind would get upset about a couple of guys having a personal conversation in the cockpit.
Good grief, just pull out this weeks edition of Flight International or Hustler and start thumbing through the pages until everyone is ready to work.
How difficult can that be?
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Maybe the guy wasn't in his right mind.
You can't say that 100% of the people in aviation in are perfect examples of mental stability.
Checkers throwing tantrums because some guy underlined a notam is a perfect example of that.
Add to that some stressful personal circumstances. Bad sleep, getting screwed by the roster... and its surprising it doesn't happen more often.
You can't say that 100% of the people in aviation in are perfect examples of mental stability.
Checkers throwing tantrums because some guy underlined a notam is a perfect example of that.
Add to that some stressful personal circumstances. Bad sleep, getting screwed by the roster... and its surprising it doesn't happen more often.
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I am SURE there is more to the story than "speak english".
I have been at CX and in this industry (26 years), long enough to know that people dont get fired or fail commands for a single isolated incident.
As my grandma used to say " there are always 3 sides to every story, your side, my side, and the truth".
I have been at CX and in this industry (26 years), long enough to know that people dont get fired or fail commands for a single isolated incident.
As my grandma used to say " there are always 3 sides to every story, your side, my side, and the truth".
