Pilot has stuck mic. Caught going on rant about F/A's.

[AdAstraPerAspera]

Cry me a river.

Too bad I don't have a couple of decades of taped conversations heard from the back of the crew vans or the galleys.

The one's referring to mothers with babies and small children, or were they refferred to as "breeders", have been especially "charming".

Everybody from every group "unloads" in private conversation. Unless there is a crime committed or fits in with a pattern of other discrimination, harrassment or other intolerable behavior in the workplace, it should be dropped.

If I happen to be in the flight deck I don't say anything I wouldn't want my mother to hear. The same goes for cabin to flight-deck, or cabin to cabin calls on the interphone.

What if something catastrophic happened to the airframe immediately after? I don't want the final words I leave on the recorder for all posterity being what (or who) I did on the previous nights layover.

 

[SparrowHawk]

Oh boy...

HOUSTON -- A Houston-based airline pilot has been suspended after his cockpit microphone became stuck, allowing an obscenity-laced rant to be broadcast over hundreds of miles, Local 2 Investigates reported Tuesday.


Article here.

Which proves that free speech is hardly ever free, especially in the workplace

 

[nbmcg01]

Which proves that free speech is hardly ever free, especially in the workplace

There is a big difference in "free speech" vs common sense and good manners. (or plain old being civil)

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

What if something catastrophic happened to the airframe immediately after? I don't want the final words I leave on the recorder for all posterity being what (or who) I did on the previous nights layover.

Remember the DL 727 accident in the 80s, where the crew was talking about "leaving something juicy on the CVR" minutes before they crashed?

 

[ContUNITEus]

Remember the DL 727 accident in the 80s, where the crew was talking about "leaving something juicy on the CVR" minutes before they crashed?

I agree with that. Perfect example of how rants of this type or any conversations not related to the specific task at hand (even if they were meant to be private) are not to be taking place while on duty, especially in jobs with such sensitivities as flying a plane safely.

Another perfect example is the two pilots from DL/NW that were engaged in a deep conversation about scheduling, never realizing that they flew 20 or so minutes past their scheduled destination. Again, while the conversation was related to work (issues), they were not related to the task at hand.

 

[redheadtempe33]

Which proves that free speech is hardly ever free, especially in the workplace

"Free" speech (in the leagle sense) has NOTHING to do with employment. If a UA employee (just picking at random) went on a rant about Blacks, Jews, Hispanics, etc. over the intercom while at work (wether they intended for it to be heard or not), they would be fired in a heartbeat. It is no different.

 

[SKY HIGH]

"Free" speech (in the leagle sense) has NOTHING to do with employment. If a UA employee (just picking at random) went on a rant about Blacks, Jews, Hispanics, etc. over the intercom while at work (wether they intended for it to be heard or not), they would be fired in a heartbeat. It is no different.

couldnt agree more. F/A response to the matter: http://www.gayapolis.com/news/artdisplay-travel.php?artid=9579

 

[700UW]

WT, Go read the US Pilots ranting about East Vs West. Talk about Kindergarten... This Pilot was expressing his feelings, a Constitutional Right, Free Speech, in this Country. Whether it be politically correct, who cares. He just got caught, probably with a 'stuck open' Mic. I don't know how much you 'World Travel' but I fly almost every week and at times on different carriers and the things I hear Crew say among themselves makes this guy look like Billy Graham. Some of the Pax cell phone convo's while boarding crack me up as well. I was sitting next to a guy who was talking to his wife on the phone. He says, I Love You and hangs up. Immediately after calls his Mistress and starts dissing about his wife and her Family calling them every thing in the book. His language was horrible and it was obvious other pax were not happy, especially with their children present. My main problem with this whole thing is, what if another aircraft had an emergency issue and can't get thru to ATC due to this pilots rant blocking the channel? FYI, He went to Sensitivity Training or whatever it is and was reinstated!

Free speech only pertains to the government restricting speech, companies can restrict speech and do it all the time.

 

[QA4Jet-A]

Free speech only pertains to the government restricting speech, companies can restrict speech and do it all the time.

I am well aware of what companies can do. I do not condone this behavior either, he just got caught. Tell me, in your perfect world, you have never uttered a comment that would not upset another? I can't think of any place I have been employed, I haven't heard someone say something derogatory about someone else. That's not saying it is right, it is the 'Real World'. I guess it's ok for a bunch of "South of the Border' people to stomp, spit, paint, and dis-figure the American Flag at a State Capitol, and when a Soldier, who just returned from duty in Iraq, gets tackled by the Police, for trying to remove the flag during a 'Peaceful Demonstration! This Country is going upside down and fast!

 

[nbmcg01]

I am well aware of what companies can do. I do not condone this behavior either, he just got caught. Tell me, in your perfect world, you have never uttered a comment that would not upset another? I can't think of any place I have been employed, I haven't heard someone say something derogatory about someone else. That's not saying it is right, it is the 'Real World'. I guess it's ok for a bunch of "South of the Border' people to stomp, spit, paint, and dis-figure the American Flag at a State Capitol, and when a Soldier, who just returned from duty in Iraq, gets tackled by the Police, for trying to remove the flag during a 'Peaceful Demonstration! This Country is going upside down and fast!

Oh please, just one picture. I just want to see how hot this guy is that he has ***** enough to make those comments. (lol)

 

[SparrowHawk]

"Free" speech (in the leagle sense) has NOTHING to do with employment. If a UA employee (just picking at random) went on a rant about Blacks, Jews, Hispanics, etc. over the intercom while at work (wether they intended for it to be heard or not), they would be fired in a heartbeat. It is no different.

Which was my intended point. You'd be surprised how many don't know this

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

guess it's ok for a bunch of "South of the Border' people to stomp, spit, paint, and dis-figure the American Flag at a State Capitol, and when a Soldier, who just returned from duty in Iraq, gets tackled by the Police, for trying to remove the flag during a 'Peaceful Demonstration!

Cau you provide souces for the above? Very distressing if they did place.