Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Sure. Cliff notes version: Someone made themselves a pain in the butt carping about a putative safety issue. Whether that was a legitimate safety issue is the subject of another debate. What was alleged to the court was that the management retaliated against the person by directing a fitness for duty exam alleging the complaining individual was psychotic FOR THE PURPOSE OF GETTING RID OF HER with the shrink of managements choice and then not responding appropriately when two other shrinks had opinions refuting that of the initial company-paid shrink.
The court seems to have accepted the accuracy of that allegation and found for the plaintiff/carper.
The cliff notes version for the 99% of pilots who will not read the report, depositions, and discovery is that if you come at the king you best not miss. And the mothership doesn't take kindly to having your grievances aired out in a very public manner. My worthless .02 is that both parties were in the wrong. Plaintiff has had past issues and i'll leave it at that. The biggest takeaway for everyone should be to think once or twice before taking to APC, FB, or your personal blog to bash the company.