Why should the airline (and as a consequence the employees and shareholders) suffer in these types of cases.
Find the "manager" who made the decision to "punish" Captain Simonds, and take the costs out of HIS hide.
Much of the friction and problems in airlines today are caused by the
non-revenue-productive types who find it necessary to "justify" their positions and salaries by maintaining a high profile, which means kicking the @ss of the workers at the coal face.
It amazes me how small to medium size airlines are able to support legions of office workers, with just a "handful" of aircraft.
The rot set in about 15 years ago, imho, when overnight it seemed that EVERY airline suddenly acquired a "Human Resources" department (AHRDS)
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