Re: Husband and wife teams on the flight deck
Reid Fairburn (cr_king_at_seanet.com)
Sun, 19 Apr 1998 22:11:38 -0700 (PDT)
At 12:34 PM 4/19/98 +0400, you wrote:
>
>Hi Reid
>
>Thanks for the reply, I understand and appreciate your sentiments on the
>matter.
>
>As you can imagine, a decision that affects your lifestyle and careers
>so drastically is an important one to make, and what has annoyed me so
>intensely is that it was made without any industry consultation or
>scientific grounding. As you said, each situation should be judged on
>its individual merits, not in a global ruling which smacks of
>discrimination. Ironically, the company would be quite happy to let us
>fly together if we visited the courthouse and got a (paper) divorce!!
>
>The decision has also affected two Captains (fathers) who are now not
>allowed to fly with their First Officer sons.
>
>Regards
>
>Mike
>
======The stories that I heard were just rumors more than any factual
thing...I really don't even know their validity. But I would agree with
you, each case is an individual thing and I certainly don't agree with no
father - son combinatiions. That would be a great learning experience I
would think...and fun for the proud pop.
Reid Fairburn
Creative Kingdom, Inc.
cr_king_at_seanet.com
253-946-9455/4815