推 wonderangel:大家都是被那些肥貓CEO凹 01/22 13:21
by Captain Ross "Rusty" Aimer (UAL Ret.), CEO, Aviation Experts, LLC
http://news.google.com/news?btcid=c2590e0a229b81b6
轉錄前幾天在google news看到的一篇一個UAL退休機長寫的文章
關於他對US Airways 1549事件的看法
讀了以後蠻多感想 尤其是這前一二年看航空版的文章 讀一些線上的blog
本來以為很多是台灣特有文化 現在發現米國也是 再多爆些料 說不定全世界都是
抱歉全篇英文 最近懶惰 盡量過年後翻 如果有鄉民願意出手 我先說謝謝
Airline safety - Jan 20, 2009
The tremendously successful and heroic ditching and evacuation of UsAir
1549 by Captain Chesly "Sully" Sullenberg and his entire crew was truly
remarkable and directly attributable to the professionalism of the entire
flight crew throughout the brief, but nightmarish ordeal.
The normally intense cockpit workload of departure from a high-density
airport area was phenomenally exacerbated by the sudden loss of thrust to
both engines due to ingestion of water fowl at a very low altitude, which
essentially transformed the hundred thousand pound commercial jet aircraft
into a glider in short order with very few options for a landing site and
minimal time for the decision. Keep in mind that while still communicating
with air traffic control, the cockpit crew was completing emergency
checklist, while focusing on control of the aircraft as they slowed to
ditching speed and configured the flaps for a picture-perfect ditch on
the Hudson River. It should be noted that the probability of the successful
ditch of an aircraft is minimal at best. Well done to the entire crew!
Professional airline flight crews throughout the United States safely
operated tens-of-thousands of flights daily, which serve as a testament to
their dedication to their chosen profession as well. Airline safety records
consistently bear witness to this fact, and this in spite of the tremendous
workplace dissention and potential distraction that has evolved in the
post-9/11 era as a result of the outrageous decimation of contracts, work
schedules, salaries, and pensions in bankruptcy, while greedy managers
continue to reward themselves with excessive salaries, bonuses, and other
perks.
We observe upper-level management give credit to themselves for the
establishment of safety records of which they play no role. Additional
boasts are made regarding safety being the "first and foremost important
concern of the airline", but their claims smack repugnantly of cynicism as
they do nothing to foster safe conditions within their companies. High
morale amongst employees is paramount to running a successful company in a
service industry, but even more so within the confines of the fuselage,
particularly in the cockpit.
Since 9/11, there have been reports of pilots and flight attendants who
have observed unsafe conditions in their workplace, but were stifled by
management or suffered other recriminations when they attempted to report
the discrepancy in accordance with federal aviation laws. Recently, many of
the major air carriers' pilot unions have scrapped such a program called
Aviation Safety Awareness Program (ASAP) because individuals have suffered
harsh recriminations by airline management, when the program supposedly
guaranteed impunity for reporting safety frailties within the system.
A specific case in point is offered by a senior former United Airlines
Captain, Dan Hanley, a long-time personal friend, who was removed from
scheduled flight operations for ASAP submission concerning safety and
security issues, denied legal counsel, placed on sick list, and ultimately
ushered off the property via the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and into
a "medical" retirement. After filing a Federal Aviation Administration
Whistle Blower Protection Report, which was ignored, this captain initiated
a grassroots effort that included petitioning every level and branch of
Congress and the Department of Justice to no avail. Is this a level of
safety for airline managers to boast about? We think not.
The UsAir Airline Pilots Association (USAPA) recently chose to drop their
ASAP program for this very reason. Several weeks ago, United Airlines
management elected to file suit against the United Air Line Pilots
Association (ALPA) and four United Airline captains for purportedly engaging
in alleged work-disruptive processes. The judge ruled in United Airlines
favor by issuing a federal court injunction against ALPA, the United pilots,
and these four pilots in particular that describes as contemptuous behavior
any pilot who excessively uses sick list or appears to have delayed an
excessive number of flights, with this decision rendered by a judge with
no exposure or experience whatsoever in the commercial aviation operations
arena.
There are many professional pilots and others within the industry who feel
that this judge's ruling abrogates federal aviation law in that pilots might
feel pressured to fly in less than an optimally healthful physical condition,
or push back from the gate with potential aircraft discrepancies. ALPA is
appealing the decision, which will take several months, but consider the
potential negative safety impact in the interim. And airline managers
continue to boast of safety within their airlines.
Considering these challenges, and in spite of management's attempts to take
credit for safety records of which they play no part in achievement, but to
the contrary have done much since 9/11 to grossly denigrate the aviation
safety environment, and in light of the labor tribulations at UsAir in
particular, our hats go off to the flight crew of UsAir 1549 for their
superlative performance under doubly stressful conditions. It was an event
for which the crew should be proud. For certain, tens-of-thousands of
aircrew members worldwide were quite proud of their sterling performance
that memorable day in commercial aviation history.
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