Thursday, January 26, 2012

Air-crew members must not be sarcastic

We read:
"An Air New Zealand crew member was sacked after she attempted to board a rival company's plane to have a look inside, then "spoke sarcastically" when she was denied.

Helen Watson, a flight services manager with 26 years experience, was dismissed in August last year and has now launched a personal grievance case against her former employer.

The airline alleges Watson, when waiting for the departure of her own flight to Rarotonga, saw an Emirates flight at an adjacent boarding gate using a Boeing 777-300 aircraft. As Air New Zealand was due to get the same model of plane, she asked to have a look on board.

When approached a short while later by an Emirates representative who asked why she had attempted to go on the plane, Watson allegedly replied: "Curiosity, do you know how to spell it?"

She then accompanied the representative back to the aircraft where she spoke with the chief purser and captain and apologised. However, Emirates later complained to Air New Zealand, which began the investigation resulting in her dismissal.

Air New Zealand said Watson's actions were partly responsible for the late departure of her flight, which she failed to disclose. It also listed "speaking sarcastically" and "breaching security protocols" among its allegations.

Source

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Airline was correct.

Anonymous said...

Adding more is the fact you don't want the competing company to reciprocate.

Anonymous said...

There must be a deeper story behind this, it is hard to imagine a decent company terminating someone for such a futile statement.

stinky said...

If she's always such a jerk, odds are her company relished the opportunity, any opportunity, to get rid of her.

Bird of Paradise said...

Liberal bullies,liberal bullies

Anonymous said...

She asked to look around a new aircraft type. Emirates said no.
Why did it go any further? Why must everything be blown up into some federal case nowadays?