Earlier this week, Vice President of Flight Operations Lyle Hogg issued a letter to all US Airways pilots announcing the termination of pilots for their failure to complete required Distance Learning training. In his letter, Captain Hogg quoted from his prior letter:

“In recent weeks many of you have been contacted via phone, sent messages, or have seen flyers and stickers encouraging pilots to be “On Board” by delaying the completion of your Distance Learning Training. A concerted action such as this, intended to disrupt our operation, is considered to be an illegal job action and will not be tolerated.”

He went on to state:

“Therefore, I regret having to announce that you will hear of a few pilot terminations in the coming days. This is unfortunate, but we cannot allow intentional acts such as these to affect the service our passengers have come to expect from US Airways.”

TheEye has confirmed that none of the pilots facing termination are USAPA officers, BPR members, or Committee Chairmen. That’s correct; the same Mike Cleary whom so smugly suggested to a Crew News audience a few years ago that “we should watch what they do, not what they say” when judging the actions of management didn’t even have the courage to follow the advice given by his Union’s whisper campaign. He along with the rest of the USAPA leadership completed their required training prior to the deadline. 

That’s right, the USAPA leadership stepped aside prior to the cliff and allowed their blind followers to fall into the abyss without a peep from Mr. Theuer's propaganda machine. 

Captain Hogg’s letter is dated July 5, 2011. As of today, July 7, there have been no comments from USAPA about the fate of their blind followers. 

Instead, USAPA has been busy fabricating this week’s Safety Gem describing a boarding dispute between a gate agent, a mechanic fixing aircraft Door 1L, and a west Captain. USAPA is obviously frustrated that their call for the immediate termination of the Vice President of Safety and Regulatory Compliance has fallen on deaf ears. Somehow Mr. Clearly believes that a concocted story involving a west crew will somehow cause Mr. Parker to reconsider Captain Morell’s termination. 

In 3 1/2 years USAPA has produced absolutely nothing. 

Now their hopeless quasi-date of hire mission is causing sheepish followers to lose their jobs. 

You may want to think twice before donning your silly yellow lanyard.