ppragman
FLIPY FLAPS!
I get that. That's why I deleted it shortly after I wrote it. I was angry when I wrote it. Turns out I have been flying with a fractured wrist for a month. I went out of my way to support the company in their time of need but when I need some support they were not there. I made the choice to continue to fly since we were short pilots while waiting on the results for my wrist. I had a bad night without sleep and tried to get the company to be understanding. Instead they wrote me up for it. That made me angry. The guy in question was the one who was directly responsible because I tried to work with him and find a solution that worked for both parties. Instead he responded with a "my way or highway" sort of comment. Which is him deciding if I am fit to fly or not.
Right and that sucks. Update the resume and remember this when you're recommending a place for your friends to work. Remember, most people don't really care about your fitness to fly outside of big time professional companies. And even then they may not depending on the relationship between crewscheduling and the pilot group.
How things typically work is that someone is trying to make a schedule work and you being sick or fatigued or otherwise unfit to fly has made their day more complicated. The path of least resistance for most people in this situation is to "blame the pilot" because if they can ascribe blame it covers their ass, or at least they perceive that it does. That's why the guy is grumpy, he has a lot more work to do, and given what I know about your operation, the manpower isn't there so that dudes day is about to get chaotic. Add in some things in his home life and he becomes a dick and writes you up. Is it right? No, but without a union there isn't much you can do about it.
Regardless, even if it's wrong, go find a job that doesn't do that to its people, and tell Palpatine's Airforce to jam it. Regardless, don't let it bother you, I guarantee it's not as personal as you're taking it, and complaining about it publically can only hurt you - I guarantee it will not hurt them or change the way they do business.
There are plenty of companies I could air my dirty laundry about - but the tell all book comes after I hang up my headset for good.