Originally posted by Hornet33
I'm not some uptight supervisior. I get along with all my guys and like to have a good time as much as anyone. The one time I don't joke around is when the job has to get done. That guys actions were inappropriate on the flight line, while marshaling aircraft. If you are not professional enough to recognize that then I guess I would have to lump you in with the kids that think it's all a big joke.
Bah, looks to me like he was just goofing around and blowing off little steam.
Is it possible he knew the pilot fairly well and was just goofing on him?
There mere fact he was being filmed from that looks like the cockpit doing this would indicate so. At least in my mind.
I'd be willing to bet that 99.999 times out of 100 he goes about doing it in the proper way.
And when the watermelon is on the line. Such as a combat flight. He is probably deadly serious about his job 100% of the time.
And as far as I could see. The job did get done.
What I am seeing here is in indicator of a high morale leval. Which is every bit as important and sometimes moreso then pure professionalism.
Personally given the jobs of these guys I'd rather see them goofing around a bit and having fun with their jobs *on occasion* then being miserable and just going through the motions.
Unless this guy made a habit of doing this all the time I'd cut him some slack on this one. Or pretend I didnt see it.
There are times when comming down on someone in the name of professionalism can be more detrimental then meaningful.
IF something "had" to be said. I would say to him. Ok that was pretty funny that time. Just dont make a habit of it."
This creates a win/win situation between the supervisor and the worker while still getting the point across