This is not just a matter for the unions, this is a direct threat to the safety of passengers. Rex has just declared it is unsafe and CASA should at the very least require the removal of the Chief Operating Officer and the repudiation of this letter by the Board. If this does not happen, then sell your Rex shares now because disaster is not far away. Incidentally, no person in their right mind would or should want to work for this company while this pest is COO.
Why? You already saw the crucifixion of Dominic James (flying for a Rex subsidiary) over a safety related matter that was the result of a very nasty chain of circumstances, including failures by his employer.
"fiercely loyal and company minded and going way above the call of duty especially in time of need for the company"
This is a direct and unabashed call by the chief operating officer to put the interests of the company ahead of the safety interests of the paying passengers as laid out by the legislation and regulations.
To put that another way, requesting unscheduled maintenance ( for example a tire change), requesting extra fuel or any safety related action that costs the company money, for example a diversion due to weather or perhaps grounding oneself due to illness, is now forbidden under threat of career truncation.
To put that yet another way, the COO has stated that loyalty to the company takes precedence over everything else and threatens retaliation against anyone who acts differently in his opinion, that by definition includes the law and regulations. This is the moral and ethical dilemma for all Rex staff, not just pilots, of "the double bind" on steroids. What a ****ty unsafe organisation.
Last edited by Sunfish; 27th Feb 2016 at 18:44.