tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1000260507485447453.post6464348196209313440..comments2023-08-18T04:45:40.804-04:00Comments on My View from 30,000 Feet: Jumping through hoops...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1000260507485447453.post-42207219534246923982010-05-23T13:03:37.311-04:002010-05-23T13:03:37.311-04:00Unfortunately, you're not missing anything.
...Unfortunately, you're not missing anything. <br /><br />It's the CYA mentality that's permeated everywhere by employers because our society today has the attitude of 'if you can get away with it, then do it.' People who have done not-so-honest things before us have now moved the bar up a notch in this game. It only adds more frustration to the bureaucracy we all have to deal with in our respective careers.<br /><br />I do see why people have the 'trust, but verify' attitude because I have to employ it myself - yet it has to be reasonable. In your case, it's ridiculous despite all the proof you provided to have to send more proof.<br /><br />Hope the repairs on your house have everything coming out better than new!Lenmanhttp://lenmanonblogspot.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1000260507485447453.post-64362396456064558362010-05-22T13:37:12.016-04:002010-05-22T13:37:12.016-04:00I know we don't work for the same airline but ...I know we don't work for the same airline but it sure sounds like we do. It is such a morale buster for the responsible,conscientious worker to be treated like a bad apple. The supervisors should be well aware of who the abusers are based on the company personale file and points accumulated. It must be easier for them to treat everyone with suspicion. I feel your frustration.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08885471474051043562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1000260507485447453.post-47035566835312197852010-05-21T20:31:46.453-04:002010-05-21T20:31:46.453-04:00As a flight attendant and former supervisor I can ...As a flight attendant and former supervisor I can understand your frustration...but I can also guess"Mary" has probably been burned so many times she's probably not concerned about potentially hurting your feelings.<br /><br />During my year as a supervisor I had the following things happen:<br /><br />- A FA who was ONSB got assigned a trip to PEK that would take her away during Xmas. She approached the crew desk(which we had back then) crying and told them she'd lost her passport. 45 minutes later I got called to the food court and a custodian handed me the missing passport. He was confused about why the FA would walk up to a trashcan, open her purse, pull out the passport and throw in away. (Later confirmed on videotape). Although she would have gotten a DNF that was better than refusing a trip.<br /><br />- Another FA, who I was actually friends with, called in to another to report that he had twisted his ankle, provided a doctor's note and got pulled off his trip. Imagine his surprise 2 days later when another supervisor read a newspaper article showing the rankings of the previous days 10K and the FA had placed 3rd in the senior men's division (His bro-in-law was the doctor)<br /><br />- A FA had taken her newly-wed husband on her SYD with her. The loads were fine until Qantas cxld a flight and put all of their people on our airline's flight. The agent came on to pull the husband out of FC. The FA then went ENSL because due to ear problems.<br /><br />Ultimately, the problem is that a few (really) bad apples spoil the bunch and the Supervisor's hands are tied in making absolutely sure things are legit. Its not much different than the way a lot of flight attendants treat passengers; think about it...how many times have you seen a flying partners ask a passenger if their iPhone is turned off and the passenger says "it is off" and the flying partner says "let me see that its turned off." Its because the FA knows from his/her experience that there's a chance the passenger is lying and wants to make sure the rules are being followed. (Same thing for the FAs who ask people to lift a blanket/shirt/magazine to show a fastened seat belt...even if the pax SAYS it's fastened.)<br /><br />If it had been me in Mary's shoes I'd probably have taken everything you'd already sent as being sufficient since you don't have a record...but maybe that's why I couldn't hack it in that job.<br /><br />IMHO, at the end of the day the relatively minor, albeit annoying, hoops you have to jump through in cases like this are worth not having to deal with a supervisor everyday like people in most jobs have to.<br /><br />Hope it turns out ok...John In MRYnoreply@blogger.com