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Battles between pilots at one airline...east vs. west.
people on this thread talking about court cases against "west" pilots (for those who don't know...these pilots may have sent FECAL matter through the US Mail to show their displeasure at the new union...the case was removed from federal court and will probably show up again in a state court...more appropriate in this matter).
BUT the real question is Captain's Authority.
The new union at USAIRways made quite a line in the sand. Either the captain is the boss or he isn't. And if he isn't, who is the boss of the plane?
And those of you who don't think adding fuel for "mom , dad, the kids" etc. is wise...how come all those pilots, long retired did it? And they safely reached retirement!
This should have been handled by sensible discussion between the union and the management. sensible usair management...hmmm that would have been ed colodny///even butch schofield is looking damn good these days!
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PS...if management really wanted to save money by reducing fuel weights...tell me why USAIR didn't seek the waiver reducing reserves from 10 percent to 5 percent like American and Continental did?
I'd really like an answer to the that one.