Originally Posted by
Broncofan
For what happened to her personally I do feel very bad for her, however that's where the sympathy should end, at a personal level. On a professional level there is absolutely no excuse for what she did. Never should have clicked the FFD button and after flying for as many years as she has, and no matter what state of mind she was in, she should have known better than to show up to the airport like that and say the things she did. I have tried very hard to see this from the eyes of some of the more sympathetic posters but knowing what things like this can do to our profession, I simply see no excuse.
Yeah, kind of the same here. I have no tolerance for those who are belittling her, but she should have known better. Assuming she wasn't completely off the rails...who knows?
She'll either have to face disciplinary proceedings for her bad judgement, or claim mental health issues. The later would mean a long, and very likely permanent break from aviation courtesy of OKC.
My guess is UAL will probably pull out all the stops to keep her off the line.