Originally Posted by
AntiPeter
Many previous military pilots are in HIMS and have been addicted to alcohol for years. In fact, from my experience they are over-represented in HIMS. The good news is many of them make full recovery and are outstanding employees.
I'm very aware of a case where a pilot claimed they were assaulted to prevent their own problems with addiction to surface. I'm not saying this is the case here, but it has happened in the past.
Yeah, the technical term for such a statement is slimey innuendo, and an insult to military veterans in general.
The entire publicity surrounding the incident makes me sick. Disgusting.
The PUBLICITY surrounding the incident makes you sick? The PUBLICITY???
Look, this either happened as the young lady said or it didn't. If they actually do have the videos of the captain forcing an impaired woman into HIS room, as the lawyer has said, then I see no reason not to believe the woman. If the lawyer PUBLICALLY stated they did, FOR THE RECORD, as has now been published in several newspapers, and they don't, the lawyer has opened herself to a major lawsuit for libel and even disbarment.
But if indeed the Alaska management has known about this situation since one of their own FAs called it in while it was still going on, and hasn't come to any resolution about it yet, they DESERVE the adverse publicity they are continuing to get.
I'd rate this a far more serious incident than dragging a protesting passenger off a flight or smothering a puppy in an overhead bin.
What WAS management thinking, letting it come to this?