Maybe if the contractor's mistake is not asking for dimwit to take the test. First off, his savings and how quickly he blew through it, not for me to comment. I tested positive for opioids one time because I ate an Everything Spice Bagel the day before my test. Only a Professional Airline Pilot knows All the sacrifices made , money spent during all those years of flight training , all those nights away from home and loved ones. My brother had achieve his commercial pilot's license and when my father passed away, I had taken my portion of our inheritance to get both my son and I a private pilot's license. The Airline and Contractor was wrong! Additionally, the US-based carrier hired nearly 3,500 new employees in 2021 and plans to hire 350 pilots by the end of 2021 and over 1,000 pilots and 800 flight attendants in 2022. June 2021 - Delta Air Lines will begin hiring 150 per month starting in September until the end of the year. Now lets add this pilot judgement level with MCAS. While there might not be free lawyers, many would accept arrangements that you pay them after the litigation, some only if you win. Victim shame much? Here's an analogy. He was combative with other crew, passengers and airline staff and ultimately failed the drug test and was fired by the airline. Sick, picked a wrong insurance. After 40 years working no savings or anything ? April 2021 - CommuteAir, a United Express carrier, announced it will offer a fast-track hiring process for ATP Flight School students, strengthening CommuteAirs partnership with ATP as the airline continues growing. Were you there? Now as far as clarification on the name, they both should have stayed to clear that up. The pilot if he had nothing to hide should have taken the drug test. They get a couple of hours of pay. "It's better to be down here wishing you were up there, rather than the other way around", they say. I guess not "clearly" but rather "probably" the testing company is at fault. All Rights Reserved. What do you make of this American Airlines drug test story? Reasons include: * Flying or attempting to fly under the influence of drugs or alcohol. A judge ruled that the FAA illegally revoked his license, and he can now proceed with suing both the airline and the company behind the drug test. Stay connected with the latest travel, aviation, and credit card news. @Mike I completely agree and that is exactly what I said. Eulen is the preferred contractor that American Airlines utilized for many services from logistics and ground support to drug testing notification, despite its obviously lackluster performance., This fight will continue as APA shifts its focus to now assisting this pilot through representation in the pending wrongful termination grievance and by offering support in his civil court action, Sicher said. The fault lies with both parties. Quit. The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. I know of a pilot who worked for an airline and was selected for drug testing after an aborted take-off due to flaps not being set correctly. So AA told FAA to take away his license and the FAA was wrong here. Scares the CR** out of me. Hospitals are also at their breaking points. Ive exhausted my 401K and sold stock and two cars to survive. May 2021 - Offering a positive company culture, top pilot pay rates and career stability. People can just about do what they want to another person. Business owners in America R just GREEDY D-BAGS willing to ruin a life to save $! March 2021 - PSA is officially hiring! The fleet additions, which also include another 24 MAX aircraft for 2023, will enable the carrier to manage the surge in travel demand it expects to see over the next two years. The powers that be can always hire the same people that they suggest can now be brain surgeons, engineers, etc.. So the arrogant pilot blew past the contractor and didn't try to resolve this because he didn't want to get caught after a night of drinking during his last layover. Now Its Back, Replacing Russian Losses In Ukraine. The union for American Airlines pilots is calling on the company to fire the "management team members who control the American Airlines operation" after another summer when the carrier. Never in my worst nightmare could I have dreamed my happy world of personal and professional achievement and pride could end so disastrously as it did. Some really great made up time, money and more. Running out of money when retirement is 2 years away, as a pilot means you made some bad decisions. Analytics cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously. March 22, 2021 - CNBCs Jon Fortt discusses the potential for a post-pandemic pilot shortage with Geoff Murray, partner at Oliver Wyman and former commercial airline pilot. Botched a drug test for Dimwit, picked a wrong time to be @Mike inferiority complex kicks in to ignore when he is associated Well I find it hard to believe someone with few years from retirement had to do all those to survive. May 2022 - FedEx: No Degree Required and Hiring 70 Pilots Per Month. Bias treatment of workers, no unity. He will be well compensated for both mistakes SHAME SHAME SHAME on you AA, Monica: "What kind of loves are pilots living". Alex Berenson received a message from an American Airlines employee who said they are planning to do exactly what Southwest Air employees are doing. As a DOT has not truck driver I can tell you whatever presented with a drug test request the employee requesting the test is giving a form with a typewritten name of the testy and other information which is there to verify their ID if you didn't have the form or the pilot didn't stop to look at the form and say this is not me then it can create a gray area in the As a DOT has not truck driver I can tell you whatever presented with a drug test request the employee requesting the test is giving a form with a typewritten name of the testy and other information which is there to verify their ID if you didn't have the form or the pilot didn't stop to look at the form and say this is not me then it can create a gray area in the matter of the lawsuit the pilot should have stopped ask to see the form verified it wasn't him and then moved on would have saved him a whole lot of trouble. Since random drug testing is performed by the contractor asking for a specific employee, Ingram informed the person that his name wasnt David, and at that point he walked up the jet bridge and into the terminal. When huge airlines are partnering with incompetent ground service teams like Eulen AND even worse the FAAthese thighs are bound to happen. Airlines take drug testing very seriously, and have zero tolerance with this kind of stuff. They claimed bankruptcy, just to screw all the retirees, and opened right back up. I would not only suit AA and Euling companies, but I will also would go and suit APA , the Pilots union representing all 15,000 Professional Pilots at AA for not following through. Yes, the Captain was wronged horribly herebut he could have avoided this hell by simply probing a little and asking for clarification. A UA sample has his written name and birthdate on the outside of the cup and reverified with a sheet choosing which patients are to be tested. Oct 23, 2021, 6:34 AM. May 31, 2022 - Twitter user @ClapBackKyle claims to be an American Airlines pilot (and in his Twitter bio he refers to himself first and foremost as a "professional pilot"), and he has threatened to kick me off his flight if I'm ever flying with him. I agree about the Union. Well see how the employees take to it. Pilots and flight attendants at Dallas-based Southwest Airlines have complained of similar issues. Pilots (and even more so Capitan of a legacy airline) are some of the most well compensated professions in the planet, especially in America. However, it was Uniteds CEO, Scott Kirby, who had the most to say. Hewitt should be reinstated with full compensation. Michael Haak, 60, apologized before US. Their heads are thick as a brick. He sued the airline and during the discovery phase it came out that another pilot had reported suspicions that he was under the influence of drugs previously. Airline pilots are subjected to random drug testing, which is totally fair when you consider how much responsibility they have. February 28, 2021 - Could Barry possibly be in the background? I was a flight attendant but things were not so bad then. American Airline's with cannabis pot leaf stars and touch up the at the paint bays were neater, question if I can start her may I taxi her around the airport? He may have been wronged but I have no sympathy for his "destitute" sob story. You may opt-out by. Damn. How do you know he wasn't recently divorced, and lost everything? Cumulative raises will amount to . Either he is really victimizing himself or he took terrible financial decisions in his life. But I experienced the worst racial harassment in my 40 +years in the aviation industry there. * Failure to maintain flying standards or failure of a . He needed to keep a level head even though he was obviously affronted this demand. In August 2020, an American Airlines pilot was approached by a contractor to take a drug test. If the contractor went to that flight for a reason. I would have tried to clear it up on site. to fulfillment of my lifelong dream of becoming an airline pilot," he said. Southwest Airlines pilots perform a check in a 737 aircraft before a flight at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, in Washington. Then againlong trip and someone is asking for someone else, you are in go-home mode. Hope pilot's lawyers torch AAL. At least that seems like a good way to cover your rear. High Experience Bonus, $15,000 for those with at least 1,000 hours of qualified FAR 121 experience or $10,000 for those with at least 750 hours of qualified FAR 121 experience. He spent all his money doesn't mean he's guilty. I agree that they both screwed up. The airline says he got on a mic and began speaking. But, he didnt really win the election so our suffering is a grave injustice. It could get interesting. Heres a case where someone got fired over a drug test situation, even though they had nothing to hide. Random testing is enabled through a notification process whereby a notifier directly approaches the pilot and notifies him by name. Mager wrote. Being a Dimwit in a cockpit doesn't make passengers feel safer. No where on the FAA whistle blowing website does it say, "If you give faults information that you could be punishable" You can't tell me that someone who had lived 62 years with the name "DeWitt" wasn't used to people mispronouncing it. I can see where they would get confused and ask for David. Its rather unsettling there are so few comments like this one, which nails it 100%. The testing contractor should have been sacked for asking for a wrong pilot Maybe he was sick, or a family member was sick, and it cost a fortune cancer treatment, is upwards of 300k. Southwest has canceled 1800 flights nationwide. Agreed. He previously worked as a business journalist for the Orlando Sentinel, Tulsa World and The Monitor in McAllen. As for the pilot's situation, if not employed in ground services, most of these barely educated individuals would be flipping burgers at a Scottish restaurant. January 2021 - FedEx reports it will hire 52 pilots a month until their staffing needs are met. One of the topics that came up were recent cuts to some regional routes, including some market exits. I would counter the bluff. While this incident happened over two years ago, details are only now emerging, as this case is being heard in court, where Ingram is getting some vindication. I have been issued a request With incorrect name and/or Incorrect pre or post flight check marks. in that case no necessity to get tested. Legal fees alone would eat every penny I have saved over a lifetime given the ample pockets of the testing company and AA. As of September 28, 593 employees refused to get the vaccine, according to the company. Damn. He has even received a dui but the DMV and FAA dont talk and its an honor system for pilot to self report their DUIs. Pilots at American Airlines are pushing back against the Biden Administration vaccine mandate, demanding exemptions and warning the vaccine mandate will lead to travel disruptions. 2016 www.independentsentinel.com. Stay prepared. Okay, so my father retired from UAL and the Navy. The FAA took this one individual's report as being truth before even getting a second conformation to validate this accusation. The union h And that's what scares me. I worked at AAL for 11 years. The employee sought to notify him to take a random drug test after a flight to Miami. A Southwest Airlines pilot who watched porn and exposed his genitals to a female officer on a flight to Florida has been sentenced to one year of probation. Theres still junk everywhere. March 1, 2021 - United said it would buy 25 new 737 MAX jets and moved up the delivery of 40 of the previously-ordered planes to 2022. Unfortunately even with a judge ruling in favor of Ingram, hell never be able to fly for an airline again. It's probably not the first time someone pronounces his name as David and he's probably annoyed by that. July 2021 - Following the release of American Airlines (A1G) (AAL) 2021 second-quarter financial report, the carrier revealed its intent on adding 1,350 pilots by the year 2022. Okay, so my father retired from UAL and the Navy. This has been in court for over two years. Two months later, American fired him. As a pilot he is well aware of the requirements of his license. August 2021 - Envoy is introducing the Pilot Retention and Bonus Program for pilots to earn up to $150,000 in retention compensation and captain bonuses. The hard working people of America are being treated with no respect or dignity. I wish him luck. Looking ahead, were preparing to potentially build back to 2019 levels of flying by summer 2023, he wrote. The contract worker performing the test had allegedly marked him as having refused to take the test. They have no CBA with the FAA, government, Eulen or airport. Caffeine and Sugar. Far worse than anything I ever knew after many years at UAL. The union has also complained that the companys scheduling strategy puts too many pilots on standby, nearly double the industry average. Granted, if the AA calls came in hours later, maybe the captain was sleeping. I've duked it out with their lawyers. Maybe if the contractor's mistake is not asking for dimwit to take the test. A human can only jump so high and bow so low. The board vote was 17 to 2, with one person abstaining. According to his testimony, nearly 100 regional aircraft are parked at United due to the ongoing pilot shortage. In 2000, a ramp agent took the picture above of him at Palm Beach International Airport. I would not have just kept walking. Totally agree. The union didnt specify who exactly should be replaced but said it was below senior management. A pilot with a social media following for his anti-vaccine views has gone viral for attacking his airline's mandate on employees getting the coronavirus shot. March 1, 2023, 6:00 PM UTC. Alleged negative voice mails are nothing An airline pilot that burned thru an alleged 401k in 2 yrs & had to sell off stock & autos to "survive"? This man was a faithful employee who got the boot right as he was getting ready for retirement. What are youan incompetent consumer or something? American Airlines said Monday that it is ramping up staffingparticularly within flight operationsto make sure that the thousands of cancellations that happened over Halloween weekend wont happen again as people head home for the holidays. The Allied Pilots Association has been at odds with American Airlines for months after being allies for most of last year in begging the federal government for more than $52 billion in aid that went to helping airlines cover payrolls. Yes they pronounce the wrong name or said it wrong I think he knew it and just wanted to say hey they said the name wrong I'm leaving I'm going home to the hotel. January 20, 2022 - An airline pilot that burned thru an alleged 401k in 2 yrs & had to sell off stock & autos to "survive"? After the FAA presented its case, APA special counsel Sue Edwards made a motion to dismiss the case based upon the lack of credible factual evidence produced by the FAA, Sicher said. Eulen America should never ask a flight attendant for a "David". Since the FAA unlawfully revoked his license, he may have a seperate claim against them for taking away his living w/o proof of any crime or policy violation. ", November 18, 2021 - United and American CEOs say the "pilot shortage is now real", as the majors lost enough pilots in 2020 to "empty four regional airlines.". I worked at AAL for 11 years. Eulen America should never ask a flight attendant for a "David".