If it is printed all over the Nav-Log, and was a destination the Capt was familiar with, difficult to believe they didn't know about the night curfew.
Just to clarify, was he fined for the arrival in BVA , or a subsequent departure ?
If the aircraft arrived & was stuck there due airfield closure he saved them diddly squat, & had he diverted to Lille (or whichever far flung alternate you guys use nowadays) at least he could have subsequently departed. I guess if the curfew applied on arrival he was stuck, if it was on departure wasn't the airfield closed? Also difficult to imagine why, short of him declaring an emergency, ATC didn't advise him of his intended transgresion. Finally if he departed elsewhere with the intention of landing in BVA, & they were a bit tight for time, why weren't they planning for a diversion early on in the flight as the FMC showed an arrival a little bit too late with the attendant possibility to be stuck there ? Handling in BVA were one of the better ones when it came to answering the radio, so difficult to imagine how he could have inadvertently arrived without knowing the possible consequences, unless both up front hadn't read the Nav Log / Airfield brief at all.
As to the fairness of the companies actions . . . . . . what has fairness got to do with it ?
If, year after year, you continually accept erosion of T & C's ,& bury your heads in the sand, what is there to complain about when someone shafts you from behind yet again. The day you guys collectively grow a pair & see beyond the end of your snouts ,scavanging for crumbs in your own personal troughs, will be a sea change for all of us, as historically what happens to you, filters its way down to the rest of us in the fullness of time.
I am long past being surprised by ANY action/conditions RYR imposes on its pilots, this is just another to add to the long & ignimonious list.
If you had all supported Martin Duffy all those years ago, perhaps he wouldn't have to try to support you , in supporting yourself, now.
You are , finally, a sad bunch of sheep, perhaps not individually, but collectively.
Get the flock out of there ! !
Last edited by captplaystation; 11th Dec 2011 at 13:31.