Wow, that was not too long. Too bad they canned the left seat guy, that does not fix any problem that led to this. But, you can't expect too much from management at AFW. I am sure the admiral feels better though. :down:
Nothing on the management side, but it's still early for the promotions that will come from this.Aside from the guy in the l/h seat getting fired was there any other disciplinary action taken?
Practice and procedure can vary, yes, but there are some basics you can't deviate from... Pinning the gear is right up with chocking the gear...
You can blame management just because they're management, but I still don't see why you'd fire a supervisor simply because one of their reports wasn't following what sounds like several different safety procedures. Reprimand? Sure. Termination? It ain't gonna stick if he wasn't giving an order to ignore procedures or told someone unqualified to go do the test.
Maybe things have changed since I left, but management rarely stepped out of the office, and when they did, it was to tell the cc's what needed to be done. Last I knew, the planners wrote up the work cards, and the CC assigned the cards to the crew. No card, no work.
Yes they flogged him first, satisfied?Aside from the guy in the l/h seat getting fired was there any other disciplinary action taken?
The word I got was the left seat guy had a history.. Like running a 777 into the hangar....
It is no secret of my feelings about managment. But I call them as I see them. The mechanics are responsible for failure to install the gear pins. To say that managment condones ignoring GPM and MM proicedures is a pretty poor excuse..This kind of reminds me of a parent telling a child "If someone told you to jump of the Brooklyn Bridge, would you do it because they told you to?"