The Argentinean/Dutch pilot Juan Alberto Poch is arrested by the Spanish police because of his involvement in 'death flights' run by the Argentinian dictatorship in the 70s and 80s. Hundreds of opponents of his country's military junta were killed by being drowned into the sea.
Since March 1988, Juan works as a pilot at Transavia, a low-cost airline owned by KLM and Air France. Transavia has confirmed it employed the pilot, who also has Dutch nationality. Employees at Transavia were aware of his past for years, his colleagues disclosed his past, where investigation against Julio Poch was started.
In general, people in the society expect an airline to employ reliable pilots with good norms and morals. The position of a pilot carries a huge responsibility where a strict screening is needed during the application procedure. The fact that Julio Poch was employed by Transavia and worked for years, it indicates that Transavia airline lacks its moral responsibility by employing a person that participated in an act which is against the moral principle (“do not kill”).
It also shows that the airline does not have its integrity under control and or it did not consider in this case. During the solicitation, Transavia could have asked for a background information regarding Julio’s behavior or juridical report from the Netherlands and from his home country.
Due to the fact that Transavia did not take this responsibility, it has damaged its image to the market and to its customers. Although, Julio’s colleagues seem to take their moral responsibility through disclosing their colleague’s past acts which were morally and legally wrong.
To conclude, Transavia airline was not supposed to employ Julio Poch due to his immoral and illegal actions from the past. Transavia had to deal with a clear integrity during its solicitation procedure of its personnel. In order to prevent such issues in the future, Transavia should have a code of conduct that forces a screening of its potential employees.
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2 comments:
Isn't someone innocent till proven guilty?
It is likely that Transavia already had codes of conduct in place upon hiring Poch but that they did not properly check his curriculum vitae. However, it could also be that tried to but that other people (back in Argentina) protected him by giving him a good reference. If this is the case then the problem does not lie at Transavia its end as they tried to uphold their moral duty of hiring good personal (and hence not putting lives in danger).
In my opinion the staff of Tansavia neglected their moral duty for a long time because of not reporting the past of Poch while having the chance to do so. By doing so, they allowed someone who (assuming he is guilty) should be behind bars instead of flying an airplane. Given that he worked more than 20 for Transavia it is likely they neglected their moral duty.
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