This Never Happens: The Story of Becoming the Object of Law Enforcement’s Affection
NASA has a program for airline crews that can be utilized to report safety issues with no repercussions with regards to the tattletale. A Captain with a major airline, for instance could file a report such as this: “We were three hours out from JFK cruising at 37,000 feet when my Co-pilot informed me he wasn’t a pilot at all, but he did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night.” The Captain would be exempt from action by the airline (or the FAA) and the information in the report would be used to make improvements on how to avoid this kind of incident in the future. I am not aware of any similar program in existence for professional drivers. Maybe we need one... With that said, I am going to begin my story with a disclaimer: What follows may or may not have really happened. It could quite possibly be a work of pure fiction. It does not involve a safety issue but rather a bone headed judgment call on my part, that is, if I am really capable of making such calls! I figure the disclaimer...