One problem that CAL started to notice was that military pilots were increasingly skeptical about applying to Continental due to the hostile work environment. If there was one or two CAL guys in your squadron there was always discussion about the climate at CAL and what was going on over there. There were more than a few perspective applicants that didn't even show up to the interview because they felt employment there would be incompatible with their guard/reserve job, or just too stressful to put up with the crapp.

When the lawsuit made the law review magazines, and got publicity in the west coast news markets and on the local news stations in LA, San Fran, and San Diego and in the Penn State law review magazine it got peoples attention. Ultimately the US Supreme Court heard arguments about some of the causes of action. If it gets to the US Supreme Court, then it's a big deal.

One odd thing about what CAL was doing was they had the director of International Flight Operations go out and call military guys. He was off the radar and not in any of the flight offices. In retrospect it was a brilliant move on Abbot's part. He essentially tried to maintain plausible deniability. It came out in the wash when this guy called the Pentagon to use a "friendly contact" to inquire about a US Navy Reservist's status. His contact told him that this particular Navy reservist wasn't actually a reservist. Funny....He got hammered by the Secretary of the Navy for firing a Lieutenant Commander for mil lv abuse.