C&Pd from what I read @ yahoo...
US Airways spokesman Morgan Durrant said the decision to bring in the eight pilots for extra training was not meant to be punitive. "That's totally not true," he said.
During the past few years, the carrier has required its planes to carry enough fuel to pad their flight times by 60 to 90 minutes, Durrant said.
"These eight pilots have routinely been above the 60 to 90 minute range. It just behooves us as a company to talk to these guys, figure out what they're seeing that we're not," Durrant said.
What I don't get is, why are they being sent for training when the Company just wants to talk to these pilots, per the above quote by Mr Durrant. Sounds very fishy to me. I used to get a bit of the same issue where I work in that, the PIC requests more fuel from the vendor without calling Dispatch. Fueler, not wanting to argue, adds the fuel.... which somehow seems to find it's way to my Email within about 10 minutes asking why the vendor overfueled. Since then, I have instructed all my fuel vendors to get the PIC to sign for the additional fuel.... no signature, no extra fuel than what the Dispatch release says. Of course, getting the fueler to remember this is about useless since he doesn't give a 'Flying Flip' about anything more than getting off work and going to a party.
I prefer Utterly. I know what you write is true but look at the backlash that going public has caused. Perhaps USAPA overestimated the average brain power of the public these days. They would have been better off writing this in crayon some obscure wall somewhere. I also agree with you about ALPO. They were a joke and continue to be a big one. 
