American Airlines pilot gets docked month’s pay for pasting insubordinate sticker on plane

by PegNews wire

An American Airlines pilot was docked a month's pay because he put a sticker on the outside of his plane that took a shot at the airline's executive bonuses.

A month's pay for a pilot is estimated at $12,000. The pilots' union called it a minor infraction and said that the punishment did not fit the crime. But an American spokeswoman said the sticker was a violation of Federal Aviation Administration rules. You know -- the rule that says you will not criticize your company's management with stickers. Another plane could become distracted by the sticker and cause a big collision.

The thing is, some of these pilots seem to be way into their stickers. If you're ever sitting around in an airport waiting for a flight, check out the briefcases that the pilots carry onto the planes with them; more often than not, they're covered with stickers asserting their support -- or lack of -- for various political causes, no joke.

Posted by T.G.

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