I just don't like the feel of this at all......if the accusations turn out to be true this guy should be behind bars. It bugs me that the police were completely left out of the situation and that now it looks, at face value, like a PR stunt to get a payday....probably pushed a just a wee bit from her Lawyer, given the chance at a career changing case. Not saying it didn't happen...not saying she is a pawn in her lawyers game...but when things get to this stage, $$$ involved, and the fact that this wasn't a criminal case (aka no money in that) it's hard to separate the wheat from the chaff....and everyone (on both sides) will say anything to help their case.

As far as the "pervasive" claim....perception is reality. And right now perception is what this one case is claiming...like it or not. Stand by for training is all I can say. I've seen this show before.......

In the end if what she said happened...he should be in jail. If they both made decisions to bust our drinking rules (and not being drugged by someone else that is)...they both should be punished (and given the negative press and perception of pilots and drinking) and probably fired.

What we ALL don't know right now (which is pretty much everything) is what happened on that tape and what happened and was said from the time of the incident to then 2 days later when she put out the claim. All we have is lawyers....which I don't think ANYONE should be trusting right now....on either side. What a mess.