nycbusdriver
Veteran
By no means, but I'd be a bit more impressed with the man if he chose to properly accept nothing more than any line pilot would receive in the same circumstances. Such could well be done, but then..the bottom line is that those who seek out the lives of politicians generally have some inherent personal deficiencies to begin with (as do we all), so yammer on about honor, that you so contemptuously feel the need to place within " marks. IMO; the only reasonable way to hire politicians would be to establish a lottery among those who DON'T want the jobs. Those who do, have throughout at least contemporary history, proven ill-equipped to actually serve the interests of others.
"Please read LOA 95" What for? Why anyone can ever "get away" with despicable behavior's never been my concern. "Follow me men!...But if I fall...my arse is covered at better than your line pay, and I'll even accrue "sick time" whilst sick! Now get out there and fly your little hearts out!...Suckers!" Whom do you honestly imagine such behavior truly inspires?
I've never been a believer in asking or ordering others to do anything I won't do myself. It seems Mr. Hummel's mileage varies greatly there.
PS: "We want to know on who/whom the prank was pulled. who/whom. The prank was pulled on him. Therefore, whom is correct."
There really is a flaw of omission in the US Airline Pilots C&B-L's. Every officer, rep and any FPL position should be required to hold a valid medical certificate that would allow him/her to fly revenue service, even in the case of those on full-time FPL. If the medical goes away, then the full-time FPL union position is automatically suspended and the pilot reverts to whatever line status he/she would otherwise hold. If the term of office has not expired by the time the medical certificate is restored, then he/she can resume the officer/rep/committee position from which suspended.
But, this exercise in fairness for the line pilot obviously slipped through the cracks when the C&B-Ls were formulated. Too bad.