MULTIPLE RPTS FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO FEELS THAT THE WRONG PERSON WAS HIRED TO FILL HIS POS AS ARPT DEPOT MGR SUPVR.

1995-04 · NASA ASRS report 309953

Date: 1995-04

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-other-unknown|other-unspecified

Synopsis

MULTIPLE RPTS FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO FEELS THAT THE WRONG PERSON WAS HIRED TO FILL HIS POS AS ARPT DEPOT MGR SUPVR.

Narrative

WHEN THE DEPOT AVIATION OFFICER; AIR TFC AND AIRSPACE OFFICER; AND AIRFIELD SAFETY OFFICER; RETIRED 1 YR AGO; IN HIS ON THE JOB TRAINING HE GAVE ME TO DO THIS JOB (WITH SOMEONE DUE TO BE NAMED AS THE AIR TFC ASSISTANT; NEWLY RAISED TO GS-9; WHICH I BELIEVED I HAD A GOOD CHANCE FOR BECAUSE OF MY EXTENSIVE AVIATION BACKGND AND CURRENCY WHICH NO ONE ELSE AT THE DEPOT POSSESSED; THUS MAKING ME ELIGIBLE AND REACHABLE AS A GS-5) HE ADVISED ME THAT THERE WERE TOO MANY HIDDEN AGENDAS AND HE WISHED ME GOOD LUCK IN GETTING THE JOB. I KNEW THE CIVILIAN ATA JOB SHOULD BE EITHER HIS OR MINE AND I WAS RIGHT. IN AUGUST; DESPITE MY BRIEFING; 2 C-130 CREWS FORGOT MY WARNING AND OVERFLEW AN ECCENTRIC INDIVIDUAL'S HOUSE (HE HAD PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE PRESIDENT): THIS MARCH THE C-130 IGNORED MY ADVISORY AND FLEW A R-HAND PATTERN FOR RWY 34. LAST AUGUST THE PLT LANDED WITHOUT CALLING UP WHEN NEAR THE FIELD. THERE HAD BEEN CARS AND CRASH TRUCKS XING THE ACTIVE. ALSO; I GAVE HIM A BOOK OF APCH PLATES AND CAUTIONED HIM ABOUT THE VEHICLES AND THE OCCASIONAL STRAY C-150. THE JOB REQUIRES FILING FLT PLANS; THE FELLOW SELECTED AS MINIMALLY QUALIFIED CANNOT FILE AND CANNOT ACCESS THE DUATS COMPUTER BECAUSE HE WAS NOT EVEN A STUDENT PLT. MY UNION WOULD NOT PROCESS A GRIEVANCE. I RECENTLY LEARNED THE DEPOT IS PAYING FOR HIS PVT LICENSE. I HAVE MADE A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO THE UNITED STATES OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

Loading the flight search…

Frequently asked questions

How do I search flights by aircraft type on FlightFinder?

Pick an aircraft model — Boeing 737, Airbus A320, A380, Boeing 787 Dreamliner and more — enter your origin airport, and FlightFinder shows every route that plane flies from there with live fares.

Which aircraft types can I filter by?

We support Boeing 737/747/757/767/777/787, the full Airbus A220/A319/A320/A321/A330/A340/A350/A380 family, Embraer E170/E175/E190/E195, Bombardier CRJ and Dash 8, and the ATR 42/72 turboprops.

Is FlightFinder free to use?

Search and schedules are free. Pro ($4.99/month, $39/year, or $99 one-time lifetime) unlocks the enriched flight card — on-time stats, CO₂ per passenger, amenities, live gate & weather — plus My Trips with push alerts.

Where does the route data come from?

Live schedules come from Amadeus, AeroDataBox and Travelpayouts. Observed routes (which aircraft actually flew a given city pair) are crowdsourced from adsb.lol ADS-B data under the Open Database License.