KelvinHelmholtz

Yes. And Dickson, the FAA administrator.

blue vortex

This was certainly the biggest issue she had with DL management. She was upset that positive space deviate deadheads did not count towards duty periods. Quite the slippery slope especially given our current positive space to work provision. Would you like the company or FAA considering your pos space to work part of your duty day? This would frequently necessitate commuting a day early even with the space positive benefit. We have discussed this before on APC and we really don’t want the FAA messing with this issue. But she’s the camel sticking her nose under the tent.

I read pretty much all the transcripts. Probably 20 hours of reading. While the company certainly made some big mistakes and certainly was at fault in some regards, Karlene is no saint. Many of her causes serve her but hurt the pilot group as a whole. If you would like further insight into her beliefs, read one of her books. Doing so is quite eye-opening. And then there is her address at the MEC meeting roughly 2 years ago. Talk about bizarro land.

LumberJack

When this is the quote you reply to, you're mocking her.

Furthermore, it's completely irrelevant to the case, so why is Phins even commenting on it? Ah yes, you said he was wisely thread drifting...

Maybe it is against Delta's rules to discuss this case on a public board, but "wisely" thread drifting by mocking Karlene is disgraceful. Her ideas are her own, but the facts of the case are what this thread is about.

Finessed

Great post, very accurate to what I’ve picked up on from my readings as well.

Point blank, she’s a narcissist (narcissistic personality disorder). The type of person who would say anyone with less than a 3.5 GPA shouldn’t be considered at delta, while she happens to have a 3.6, then at the same time make an argument for traffic violations being irrelevant to safety because she has 5. Her writings always seem to fit to her convenience, sad really.

Also her writings are nothing but cherry picking to make her case.

Also DL management handled this poorly.

GucciBoy

Saying they “handled this poorly” is a case study in understatement.

All I want for Christmas is an elimination of the 240-second rule.

Learflyer

A narcissist is right. A quick glance at her Twitter account is chock full of "look at me, and all that I have."

Hank Kingsley

Funny thing, after listening to her hours on end, cause it's an international flight and you can't pull a DB Cooper, aviation safety never came up. Just the legal BS against Delta. I almost made a noose out of the escape rope to end it for myself. Ponderous. Merry Christmas.

beernutt

Hank, next time you’re trapped in the cockpit with her ask her why and under what circumstances she left HP (America West)
Should be good for at least 20 minutes of tap-dancing.

iaflyer

Doctor at center of scrutiny over Trump FAA nominee faces disciplinary action https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/12/polit...nee/index.html

From the press release at the top of this post: In a consent order dated August 24, 2020, Dr. Altman agreed to be placed on permanent inactive status as a part of a settlement of an action brought by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to revoke or suspend his license, or otherwise subject him to discipline.

DALMD88FO

And the reader's digest version would be what?