Just the Union’s Top guys showing their stuff for their guys. Nobody has blamed any pilots for anything..................
Sounds like they are worried about jobs.
“Nobody has blamed any pilots for anything.......”
YET! It’s called “covering your ass”
The pilots aren’t blamed just yet although passengers are looking at the crew differently and sometimes with a little less respect. Not everyone, but some.
The pilots are slow to get ahead of this. It will be interesting to see if the cockpit recordings have been preserved. United will settle based on this fact alone if there is something incriminating and keep them under wraps.
Actually I have seen many posts around the internet that say the pilot is in charge of aircraft so pilot is responsible. Many think the man could not have been forcibly removed without pilot order. Pilots used to have complete control of aircraft, no matter what. I think after all the changes after 9/11 that is not so true any more. When in the air I am sure pilots still are in charge but on the ground I am not sure they are.
Many posters here have contended that the United pilot on this flight was involved and the captain of the aircraft has ultimate authority on board the plane. The implication being that the captain was surely involved. Facts once meant something on FR. Too many posters haven’t been living up to that standard.