Good Afternoon All:
And now there are six more flight attendants who have come forward according to CTV Vancouver. In a read of this serious allegation there is an appearance of obstruction of justice if it is proven their management did in deed have the pilot stop flying to Hawaii. Reading the other comments from other flight attendants "
Management has outright said that they will expunge people who are causing disruption within the workplace, and that people who are questioning the system are no longer welcome,” !
From another poster who said this:
" The issue here is not if the accused is guilty or not, only a proper investigation and if necessary a trial can determine that. The issue is that there was no apparent investigation.
In the recent past you may remember Air Canada went through a much less serious issue of sexual harassment due to racy pictures hidden in the flight deck. A complaint was filed by a female pilot and I'm not kidding when I say the company went on the war path to correct the situation. Anybody who laughed it off as a trivial thing back then knows precisely where the company stands on the issue today.
Attempting to paper over an accusation as serious as this has blown up in Westjet's face in a big way. Bad press is the least of their worries at this point, their real problem is losing the trust of every one of their employees and that includes the pilots. This guy - guilty or innocent - will be thought of as guilty by everyone he works with regardless. Westjet employees, the alleged victim(s), and especially the accused deserve a proper investigation to determine the truth.
This isn't somebody peeved at being insulted or anything so mundane...someone has been accused of sexual assault. The seriousness of this allegation demands that it either be verified or exposed as false. Either case demands strong action by the company against one party or the other which did not occur.
Keeping the pilot out of Hawaii and/or firing the FA for "insubordination" smells just like the steaming pile that it is. If WestJet had carried out a proper investigation they would either have supported the FA in filing a complaint with the police, or they would have fired the FA for falsely accusing another employee after first documenting their response to the allegation in minute detail. Neither happened."
For the CTV web link follow this:
WestJet employees speak out in wake of pilot sex assault allegations | CTV Vancouver News