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DELTA PAID A DOCTOR TO DECLARE A PILOT MENTALLY ILL

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December 2022

Delta Air Lines just settled with one of its pilots for $500,000 plus legal fees but refused to acknowledge wrongdoing in an astonishing chain of events that might simply put you off Delta.

DELTA PAID A DOCTOR TO DECLARE A PILOT MENTALLY ILL

The pilot, Karlene Petitt is an international long-haul pilot with 35 years of experience who raised three children, got three graduate degrees, and wrote several books. And when she heard Delta's then-CEO say that Delta employees should report their safety concerns to the company, she did what he said. In response, top De

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