Airline denies pilot's statement on dismissal
Thu 01/09/05 - The Turkish charter flight company, Fly Air, is not pleased with Peter Thys's unfair dismissal claim. According to Fly Air, the true reasons for the pilot's sacking are long-term absence and alcohol abuse.
Shortly after taking off from Paris last week, Thys noticed a technical problem and returned to the runway for an emergency repair. Later the pilot was informed by Fly Air that he was sacked for breach of company policy.
Yesterday Thys claimed that he had been dismissed for following standard safety procedure.
Today the airline company replied in a communiqué saying that the Paris incident had nothing to do with the pilot's sacking. Fly Air stated that his long-term absence and a flight's delay because of alcohol abuse are the true reasons.
Fly Air's ground operations manager in Brussels claimed on Wednesday that Thys's dismissal came as a result of personal problems between the pilot and the company.