Returning to the original point of this thread, good luck to the 49ers in their court action and lets hope for some justice at last
For those in the know, I heard today that CX's lawyers, in an attempt to support their weak position, have now written to each 49er setting out the reasons for their individual dismissal. The instance I was quoted was 'reporting sick while on reserve'.
There are very few justifications for instant dismissal in the CX conditions of service and calling in sick [falsely or otherwise] certainly isn't in there.
There is also a published Discipline & Grievance procedure that sets out how to deal with alleged transgressions. The 49er in question was never taken to task prior to his dismissal.
For those not in the know, CX has a very long and very dirty hand. The 49ers are effectively black balled from joining many airlines in Asia. To my certain knowledge, one of them applied for a 747-400 job with SQ freighters - in spite of 4000+hrs on the 400, he was told by SQ that he wasn't qualified to fly their aircraft and, ... please don't write back and ask why!!??
Good luck boys!