Thursday, March 18, 2010

Just Plane Screwy

The Federal Court of Canada has ruled that flight attendants can refuse to fly with a pilot they deem suicidally depressed.

Fair enough.

In August, 2008, four Air Canada cabin crew refused to fly to Paris with a pilot who, on the previous trip, had talked about flying his aircraft into the Atlantic. Air Canada was so concerned that it rounded up replacements and the flight proceeded from Toronto to Paris.

Wait a minute.

Shouldn't Air Canada have handled this just a bit differently? Shouldn't the airline have also found a replacement pilot at least until the situation could be looked into? Maybe the captain was just fine but, when four crew members are willing to risk their jobs over it, shouldn't Air Canada have done just a little more for the passengers and changed pilots?

Just sayin.

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