Marcus had been a pilot with FDA for a couple of months now and had found his stride quite well in the new company, however the notice that he got yesterday to show up at HQ had made him quite nervous. The reason for that was not just Liviana the companies Chief Pilot who certain had a well deserved reputation, but also the fact that Jun'ko Zane would be there as well and that could only mean trouble. He never met the woman, but her reputation was quite clear within the company even though he never had found a person who had dealt with her much so far. For his own experience he suspected the mountains of legal papers he had to sign for the job where of her hands, but nothing more than that.
So with a bit of a knot in his stomach he walked to the reception desk, "Good morning I have an appointment with Liviana Viaen and Jun'ko Zane at 0900."
"Let me see sir." the man behind the desk said pulling up the agenda's and minimizing the game he was playing cause with a small airline the job was a tad dull. "Indeed you have, I will tell them you have arrived. If you want you can wait in the canteen area, second door on your left."
"Thank you so much and I will do that, think I can use an other cup." Marcus said with a forced smile.
"Know the feeling sir, but be calm and I am sure nothing terrible is going to happen." the receptionist said with a genuine smile and then turned back to his monitor pulling up his game.
Marcus proceeded onwards and found the cateen and got himself the mentioned cup of coffee which to his delight was excellent as he had expected from other places. It was one of the reasons he liked the airline, they paid attention and money on the small details which just made live a lot more enjoyable.
About 10 minutes later Liviana entered the cateen, "A marcus, good morning, follow me please." she said turning around right away leaving Marcus to scramble a bit as he caught up. "Good morning chief." was all he said knowing it was senseless to ask anything cause it would no doubt be revealed soon enough. What did not help his nerves was the fact that they walked past Liviana her office towards the office of Jun'ko.
Liviana gave the door a quick tap before opening it, "Juni this is Marcus the pilot which you asked for."
Jun'ko stood up from her chair extending her hand to Marcus as they walked in, "Good to meet you Marcus sorry for the short notice call and please be seated."
Marcus took the offered hand, "No problem Miss Zane." he said before sitting down.
Once all where seated Jun'ko spoke up, "The reason I had you called in here has to do with several social media posts which have popped up in the last few weeks and where brought to my attention by the PR firm we employ. Now I know there is a lot of things to read and sign, but one of those document clearly prohibits the use of our company name, logo and other features in social media as well as pictures and videos taken within our aircraft without prior permission. As a pilot you represent our company, but you are not a spokesperson for it. Because of this I have to give you a formal warning, which I will you need you to sign for the fact that you have seen it. Now normally I would also enforce a fine as is part of the contract, however Livi over here has asked me not to do that, she seems to think this was a honest mistake perhaps due to youth and that your service record otherwise is spotless, so you owe her more than one for that one. Is this all clear to you?" The cold, precise and calm way of speaking was enough to send a few shivers down one's spine.
Marcus took some deep breaths, he truly had not properly read some of the documents it seemed and something told him that without Liviana this Jun'ko Zane would have skinned him alive or something, her reputation was clearly an understatement of her actual person. "I completely understand and allow me to apologize for this matter I have clearly not read the documents clearly enough in this matter."
"Glad to hear we are on the same page." Jun'ko said turning around a document and handing Marcus a pen, "Sign that document, it will go into your file at HR, where it will stay for 5 years after which it will be destroyed. Now I also have a list for you of all the social media post I need you to take down within 48 hours and that would be all from my end, but I believe Livi wants some more of your time."
"I understand." Marcus said reading through the document clearly this time, it pretty much covered what was said, though the fact of it being on his file for 5 years was not an happy thought.
"Indeed Juni, but we will handle that in my office I believe you have plenty to do." Liviana said, she also very much wanted to get out of Jun'ko her office. She loved and respected the woman and outside of work she was a ton of fun, but when she was at work she just scared her.
Marcus finally signed the document and handed it and the pen back to Jun'ko.
Jun'ko took it and put it to the side, "Thank you and lets hope next time we meet is under better circumstances, good day." she then said and made a small wave to the door.
"Come on." Liviana said getting up and Marcus did not need a second invitation as he got up from his seat and followed Liviana to her office. Once the door was shut he let out a sigh as much as he feared/respected Liviana, Jun'ko had been on a whole new level.
"Would you believe me she is the best fun to hang out with outside of work?" Liviana said with a smile as she sat down behind her desk point to the chairs in front of it for Marcus to be seated which he did. "But yeah when it comes to work, you do not want to have her as your enemy. Also do not worry to much, most of the social media stuff really was not to bad, it is just against regulations and we have a brand to protect specially as a new airline in the market. So speaking of that I will with your permission give your details to the PR company we employ and perhaps you two can work something out which allows you to keep posting things and them to keep our brand safe. What do you think of that idea?"
Marcus arced an eyebrow first he got a massive telling off and an official warning for his social media content and next he was asked to make more? "I am not sure, would Miss Zane by oke with that? I mean it..."
Liviana cut him off, "It be fine as I said the content for 90% was just fine, it is just a legal item. If we didn't like it believe me we would have had a chat about you leaving the airline today. Not even Juni wanted to go there, but she wanted a clear example until I told her to back down a little with the help of Julian from HR. Normally he would have handled this matter in person and Juni would have simply made the papers, but he is out of town for a few days due to some family issues. Anyhow it is all up to you, think about it and contact me later and in the mean time ensure to remove all Juni asked cause she will hunt you down faster than an AMS to LHR flight. Anyhow with that said I did also want to take a look at your schedule and ask if you could be flexible for the coming 2 weeks?"
Knowing the situation Marcus felt that being flexible was probably the best thing to do, "Sure, what do you need." he said and so the meeting went on for a bit until he left the building still not exactly sure how he was feeling about it all.
Glad you like it, to me the people are just always the interesting bit. I love my planes, but they don't talk and don't have feelings. It is the people in the end who make things work and fun or not. Think about a grumpy flight attendant can ruin an otherwise good flight while a great one can turn a boring flight into an enjoyable one.
So with a bit of a knot in his stomach he walked to the reception desk, "Good morning I have an appointment with Liviana Viaen and Jun'ko Zane at 0900."
"Let me see sir." the man behind the desk said pulling up the agenda's and minimizing the game he was playing cause with a small airline the job was a tad dull. "Indeed you have, I will tell them you have arrived. If you want you can wait in the canteen area, second door on your left."
"Thank you so much and I will do that, think I can use an other cup." Marcus said with a forced smile.
"Know the feeling sir, but be calm and I am sure nothing terrible is going to happen." the receptionist said with a genuine smile and then turned back to his monitor pulling up his game.
Marcus proceeded onwards and found the cateen and got himself the mentioned cup of coffee which to his delight was excellent as he had expected from other places. It was one of the reasons he liked the airline, they paid attention and money on the small details which just made live a lot more enjoyable.
About 10 minutes later Liviana entered the cateen, "A marcus, good morning, follow me please." she said turning around right away leaving Marcus to scramble a bit as he caught up. "Good morning chief." was all he said knowing it was senseless to ask anything cause it would no doubt be revealed soon enough. What did not help his nerves was the fact that they walked past Liviana her office towards the office of Jun'ko.
Liviana gave the door a quick tap before opening it, "Juni this is Marcus the pilot which you asked for."
Jun'ko stood up from her chair extending her hand to Marcus as they walked in, "Good to meet you Marcus sorry for the short notice call and please be seated."
Marcus took the offered hand, "No problem Miss Zane." he said before sitting down.
Once all where seated Jun'ko spoke up, "The reason I had you called in here has to do with several social media posts which have popped up in the last few weeks and where brought to my attention by the PR firm we employ. Now I know there is a lot of things to read and sign, but one of those document clearly prohibits the use of our company name, logo and other features in social media as well as pictures and videos taken within our aircraft without prior permission. As a pilot you represent our company, but you are not a spokesperson for it. Because of this I have to give you a formal warning, which I will you need you to sign for the fact that you have seen it. Now normally I would also enforce a fine as is part of the contract, however Livi over here has asked me not to do that, she seems to think this was a honest mistake perhaps due to youth and that your service record otherwise is spotless, so you owe her more than one for that one. Is this all clear to you?" The cold, precise and calm way of speaking was enough to send a few shivers down one's spine.
Marcus took some deep breaths, he truly had not properly read some of the documents it seemed and something told him that without Liviana this Jun'ko Zane would have skinned him alive or something, her reputation was clearly an understatement of her actual person. "I completely understand and allow me to apologize for this matter I have clearly not read the documents clearly enough in this matter."
"Glad to hear we are on the same page." Jun'ko said turning around a document and handing Marcus a pen, "Sign that document, it will go into your file at HR, where it will stay for 5 years after which it will be destroyed. Now I also have a list for you of all the social media post I need you to take down within 48 hours and that would be all from my end, but I believe Livi wants some more of your time."
"I understand." Marcus said reading through the document clearly this time, it pretty much covered what was said, though the fact of it being on his file for 5 years was not an happy thought.
"Indeed Juni, but we will handle that in my office I believe you have plenty to do." Liviana said, she also very much wanted to get out of Jun'ko her office. She loved and respected the woman and outside of work she was a ton of fun, but when she was at work she just scared her.
Marcus finally signed the document and handed it and the pen back to Jun'ko.
Jun'ko took it and put it to the side, "Thank you and lets hope next time we meet is under better circumstances, good day." she then said and made a small wave to the door.
"Come on." Liviana said getting up and Marcus did not need a second invitation as he got up from his seat and followed Liviana to her office. Once the door was shut he let out a sigh as much as he feared/respected Liviana, Jun'ko had been on a whole new level.
"Would you believe me she is the best fun to hang out with outside of work?" Liviana said with a smile as she sat down behind her desk point to the chairs in front of it for Marcus to be seated which he did. "But yeah when it comes to work, you do not want to have her as your enemy. Also do not worry to much, most of the social media stuff really was not to bad, it is just against regulations and we have a brand to protect specially as a new airline in the market. So speaking of that I will with your permission give your details to the PR company we employ and perhaps you two can work something out which allows you to keep posting things and them to keep our brand safe. What do you think of that idea?"
Marcus arced an eyebrow first he got a massive telling off and an official warning for his social media content and next he was asked to make more? "I am not sure, would Miss Zane by oke with that? I mean it..."
Liviana cut him off, "It be fine as I said the content for 90% was just fine, it is just a legal item. If we didn't like it believe me we would have had a chat about you leaving the airline today. Not even Juni wanted to go there, but she wanted a clear example until I told her to back down a little with the help of Julian from HR. Normally he would have handled this matter in person and Juni would have simply made the papers, but he is out of town for a few days due to some family issues. Anyhow it is all up to you, think about it and contact me later and in the mean time ensure to remove all Juni asked cause she will hunt you down faster than an AMS to LHR flight. Anyhow with that said I did also want to take a look at your schedule and ask if you could be flexible for the coming 2 weeks?"
Knowing the situation Marcus felt that being flexible was probably the best thing to do, "Sure, what do you need." he said and so the meeting went on for a bit until he left the building still not exactly sure how he was feeling about it all.
(09-08-2018, 07:20 PM)Zortan Wrote: I love how you have the people aspect of it so much! It's so unique and cool!
Glad you like it, to me the people are just always the interesting bit. I love my planes, but they don't talk and don't have feelings. It is the people in the end who make things work and fun or not. Think about a grumpy flight attendant can ruin an otherwise good flight while a great one can turn a boring flight into an enjoyable one.