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Worker sacked for taking magazine from rubbish
An airline security firm employee was sacked after he admitted taking a copy of Time magazine from a rubbish bag on a stairwell serving a transatlantic jet at Shannon airport.
Tim Marks, a former employee of ICTS Ireland Ltd, was fired in 2014 after admitting he took the $5.99 magazine from a rubbish bag destined for the dump on October 22, 2014.
Mr. Marks took the magazine from two-thirds down a rubbish bag from a just-arrived flight by ICTS’s biggest customer at Shannon, United Airlines.
Mr. Marks, who spent nine years with the firm, is suing for unfair dismissal at an Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT).
At a hearing in Ennis, Audrey Wilhite, station manager at Shannon for ICTS, said the value of the item was irrelevant as Mr. Marks had brought the company into disrepute.
Ms. Wilhite said it was her decision to sack Mr. Marks, stating that he would have been aware of a company memo confirming a previous incident where a worker was sacked for taking a can of Coke from an aircraft without permission....
Ms. Wilhite said she informed United Airlines staff representatives who were managing the aircraft.
“We explained that we had an incident where an item was removed from the aircraft and we were dealing with it,” she said.“It was embarrassing saying it to them and they looked a bit shocked and they asked what was the item.”
Mrs. Wilhite said she showed them the Time magazine: “I apologized and I asked could I retain the magazine and pay them compensatory value. I was told that I could retain it and they would not seek compensatory value unless the passenger requested its return.
Worker sacked for taking magazine from rubbish
An airline security firm employee was sacked after he admitted taking a copy of Time magazine from a rubbish bag on a stairwell serving a transatlantic jet at Shannon airport.
Tim Marks, a former employee of ICTS Ireland Ltd, was fired in 2014 after admitting he took the $5.99 magazine from a rubbish bag destined for the dump on October 22, 2014.
Mr. Marks took the magazine from two-thirds down a rubbish bag from a just-arrived flight by ICTS’s biggest customer at Shannon, United Airlines.
Mr. Marks, who spent nine years with the firm, is suing for unfair dismissal at an Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT).
At a hearing in Ennis, Audrey Wilhite, station manager at Shannon for ICTS, said the value of the item was irrelevant as Mr. Marks had brought the company into disrepute.
Ms. Wilhite said it was her decision to sack Mr. Marks, stating that he would have been aware of a company memo confirming a previous incident where a worker was sacked for taking a can of Coke from an aircraft without permission....
Ms. Wilhite said she informed United Airlines staff representatives who were managing the aircraft.
“We explained that we had an incident where an item was removed from the aircraft and we were dealing with it,” she said.“It was embarrassing saying it to them and they looked a bit shocked and they asked what was the item.”
Mrs. Wilhite said she showed them the Time magazine: “I apologized and I asked could I retain the magazine and pay them compensatory value. I was told that I could retain it and they would not seek compensatory value unless the passenger requested its return.
