My point is, while the I think the company has handled this episode uncharacteristically poorly, I''m more disappointed in the breach of trust between employee groups. Most often, people get canned for good reasons. I personally feel that this punishment was the easy way out for the company. But the fact that it even went to the company in the first place bothers me more than anything. In my eyes, the trust and camaraderie between flight attendants and pilots has been severely damaged and might not ever recover. It''s been hard enough to maintain good rapport since the "Get Smart" dead bolt doors and codewords. This is likely to seal the deal in poor crew communications. That''s what bothers me. And we did it to ourselves. One of the mantras around SWA has been, "we can be as great as we want to be, so long as we don''t screw it up." I''m afraid we just took the first step down that slippery slope. I''m hopeful that Spanky is right and that this too shall pass. But for now, I''m AJ squared away, by-the-book, no funny PAs and certainly no witty banter between FA''s and passengers. I''ll just practice keeping my nose clean and studying my Flight Ops Manual (especially the part about stabilized approaches, you know the part they put in after we parked one at the Burbank Exxon on Hollywood Blvd? It''s a good thing those guys weren''t in the buff for that approach, else they might''ve lost their jobs!)
I really hope I''m doing the Henny Penny thing and I''m wrong about this.
Keep your shirt on,
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