SWISS: pilot fired for criticism
On the very same day Swiss announced it has to cut down on its network due to the lack of pilots (after firing 526 of them…) and dismissed a pilot of the regional fleet, because of the strong criticism he voiced within the Swiss Pilots Association.
It is not yet clear whether the criticism were voiced at the extraodinary general meeting of the Swiss Pilots Association on August 8th, a meeting attended by the Swiss Board member Walter Bosch, or if his dismissal refers to internal papers of the Pilots Union. The later would mean that Swiss is spying on its pilots.
However, the dismissal looks to many as being illegal, since no one is supposed to be fired for criticism expressed within the frame of Union's activities.