And discovery in a civil action would be one way to find that out.

But in any event, the fact that an FA was concerned enough to call his supervisor about this - and that Alaska then deadheaded both pilots back home - speaks to the seriousness of this.

In eight months Alaska should have handled this - one way or another - and if the woman's lawyer isn't totally lying about the elevator and hall security tapes it is difficult to see why management or the union has been spinning their wheels on this.