Airline Safety: A Whistleblower's Tale

The lesson I take away from this is: even if you have a legitimate case to make, it will be attenuated if you are known for being "dogmatic" and "hard to like."

Be reasonable, give-and-take, and use good judgement (probably not always an easy task when you work for the FAA).
 
Interesting article. What I got out of it was that the FAA is managed by politically-connected Bureaucrats instead of people with an interest in aviation safety.
 
Very interesting indeed. It is true that you need to communicate effectively, even when lives are at stake. I would've liked to have seen how it happened. Although all those events may have occurred, the wording of the article may make the situation appear in a way it did not happen. Maybe the man DID bring something to NWA's attention that prevented incidents or accidents and they could have complied. But he may have also done something to warrant NWA filing a complaint. Could have been 2 completely different events and it wouldn't surprise me if the media left that out.
 
falconvalley said:
Very interesting indeed. It is true that you need to communicate effectively, even when lives are at stake. I would've liked to have seen how it happened. Although all those events may have occurred, the wording of the article may make the situation appear in a way it did not happen. Maybe the man DID bring something to NWA's attention that prevented incidents or accidents and they could have complied. But he may have also done something to warrant NWA filing a complaint. Could have been 2 completely different events and it wouldn't surprise me if the media left that out.
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:yeahthat: If what the article says is actually true (or even 70% true), props to that guy. It takes balls to put your job on the line and stand up for what you believe in.
 
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