Iberia Captain fired

[MMurph]

If I was this Captain I would not be very happy with the Union representation if in fact he has been FIRED. Or maybe he would like to retire early with a substantial pay out. He should also be getting support from his colleagues.

[Dream Land]

FAR 121.221

My mistake, I meant to speak of the type of cargo compartment. Class "D":

Class D. Cargo and baggage compartments are classified in the "D" category if they are so designed and constructed that a fire occurring therein will be completely confined without endangering the safety of the airplane or the occupants. Each Class D compartment must comply with the following:
(1) It must have a means to exclude hazardous quantities of smoke, flames, or noxious gases from entering any compartment occupied by the crew or passengers.
(2) Ventilation and drafts must be controlled within each compartment so that any fire likely to occur in the compartment will not progress beyond safe limits.
(3) It must be completely lined with fire-resistant material.
(4) Consideration must be given to the effect of heat within the compartment on adjacent critical parts of the airplane.

Subsequent to the tragic accident in Florida, May 11, 1996.

[pilspain]

Originally Posted by Fargoo

Also, this I findly highly unlikely.

The fact is that Iberia wanted to fire that guy since long because he is one of the leaders of the Union´s safety comitee that form that team, they have forced Iberia to fix many things and that fixing cost a lot of money.
For instance, they discovered that many evacuation ramps were not ¨attached¨to the plane and that in case of evacuation, the ramps would inflate and fall down into the ground, as when you release the ramp as flotation device after a ditching. Iberia expent all the weekend long checking that and founf 32 ramps inoperative.
Another problem was related with EGT overlimits. That Captain contatec Airbus at Toulouse to ask for the EGT overlimits procedures. His team think that a single egt overlimit on engine is ok, a syou can retard the throttle or even stop the engine. WHat happens if the airplane has 4 egt overlimit, many flights?
Airbus refused to provide the answers and told the Captain that they would report everything to Iberia ( the Captain never told Airbus about the problem was in Iberia nor he was Iberia pilot.
Finally, it is true that the order to maintenance not to return to the plane, fiv the problem or not to answer the Tecnical logbook. Next day, when a maintenance guy answered the book to the other Captain without fixing the plane, he was menaced tobe fired and found crying. Everything was confirmed during the trial.

[jafa]

Good old Iberia... holes in the carpets... holes in the wings... moss growing down the walls... Meanwhile, MEL's. There usta be a time when there weren't any. Many and mighty were the disputes between crew and maintenance over whether the airplane was serviceable or not. Time went by and along came the MELs... initially as a purely advisory document to reduce the amount of tarmac bloodshed. Then they became more formalised. But there was always a coment at the beginning, top of page one of the preamble "At the discretion of the captain, the following..." Etc. And a reminder that one MEL had to be considered along with any others.

To my mind it would be a mighty good idea if that part of the preamble was re-activated. Chief pilots, civl aviation authority pilots, world wide, a bit of character, please.

[bounce'em all]

character...

Originally Posted by jafa

Good old Iberia... holes in the carpets... holes in the wings... moss growing down the walls... Meanwhile, MEL's. There usta be a time when there weren't any. Many and mighty were the disputes between crew and maintenance over whether the airplane was serviceable or not. Time went by and along came the MELs... initially as a purely advisory document to reduce the amount of tarmac bloodshed. Then they became more formalised. But there was always a coment at the beginning, top of page one of the preamble "At the discretion of the captain, the following..." Etc. And a reminder that one MEL had to be considered along with any others.

To my mind it would be a mighty good idea if that part of the preamble was re-activated. Chief pilots, civl aviation authority pilots, world wide, a bit of character, please.

Damn well said, jafa. Because if nobody shows any, working for or even only flying with airlines might begin to feel like spending a night in Las Vegas...