Divenehover, In my company the F/O {Thats what you claim to be in your profile} does not make the MEL/Go/No Go decision, the Captain does with input from the crew and dispatch/ maint, but the buck stops in the left seat period! As for any company that treats a thirty year employee like a criminal, words fail me. I have instructed our travel department to add US Air to our "No Fly List", not a big Dead Heading acount, but maybe if they see more of us doing this it might give them pause to think.