This thread has been dragged far enough off course by you 411A.
The thread started with the report of a pilot being dismissed for 'voicing his criticism' of management. All the guff about Flex take-offs is just a distraction.
Your response was:
Some guys never come to fully realise that to bite the hand that feeds them is never a really smart idea.
Is it your opinion that anyone who raises their voice to criticise bad management
should to be fired for it, or just that they can
expect to be fired because of it? I'm not totally clear on your angle.
There is plenty of history to show that sometimes employees need to speak out against corrupt and unscrupulous employers. There is also plenty of history about the kind of illegal behaviour some companies will engage in to cover their guilt when exposed. This goes as far as murder in some cases!
The aviation industry is no different. It has had its dirty stories too. In particular I'm thinking of the Mount Erebus accident where NZ Air management actually burgled the dead Captains home to retrieve documents that were unfavourable to the attempted cover up of their own culpability in that accident.
Keep speaking out folks...it's your bounden duty!