Alkali ya ga Delta Air Lines yana da alhaki na ramuwar gayya kan matukin jirgin da ya tona asirin

A cikin shawarar da aka yanke kwanan wata 21 ga Disamba, 2020, Alkalin Shari'a na Gudanar da Shari'a Scott R. Morris ya samo Delta Air Lines, Inc. mai laifi na yin amfani da gwajin tabin hankali na dole a matsayin “makami” a kan Dr. Karlene Petitt bayan ta ta da batutuwan tsaro da suka shafi ayyukan jirgin.  

Dr. Petitt ya kasance matukin jirgi sama da shekaru arba'in, yana da digirin digirgir a cikin Tsaron Jirgin Sama daga Embry-Riddle, kuma a halin yanzu yana tashi da Airbus A350. A ranar 28 ga Janairun 2016, ta gabatar da rahoton tsaro mai shafi 43 na Babban Mataimakin Shugaban Delta Flight Steven Dickson (a halin yanzu yana aiki a matsayin Shugaba na FAA Administrator) da Mataimakin Shugaban Flying Operations Jim Graham (a halin yanzu yana matsayin Shugaba na kamfanin Delta reshen Endeavor Iska). Rahoton ya gabatar da batutuwan da suka shafi: gajiyawar matuka jirgin sama, koyon tukin jirgin sama, da bayanan horo na matukan jirgi, da kuma gazawar Delta ta kula da tsarinta na FAA mai kula da Tsaro (SMS). Duk da yake Alkali Morris ya bayyana damuwar da Dr. Petitt ya bayyana game da damuwarta a matsayin "mai hankali da sanin ya kamata," ya gano cewa Kyaftin Graham na kallonta "jajircewa wajen neman bayani game da damuwarta da ta bayyana a matsayin wata matsala." 

Daga baya Graham ya umarci Dr. Petitt da ya gabatar da shi ga binciken tabin hankali, shawarar da Stephen Dickson ya amince da ita. Wanda lauyanta Chris Puckett ya gabatar, Delta ta zabi Dr. David B. Altman a matsayin mai binciken, wanda alkalin ya bayyana da cewa "kawai kayan aiki ne da Kyaftin Graham yayi amfani da su wajen aiwatar da makasudin gudanarwa." [Yanke shawara a 97]. A cikin umarnin yarda da aka sanya a ranar 24 ga Agusta, 2020, Dr. Altman ya yarda a sanya shi a kan matsayin rashin aiki na dindindin a matsayin wani ɓangare na sasantawa na aikin da Sashin Kula da Kuɗi da Kwararru na Illinois ya kawo don sokewa ko dakatar da lasisinsa, ko kuma akasin haka shi don horo. [Haɗa B da C]. Altman ya karɓi sama da dala 73,000 saboda rahotonsa na tabin hankali kuma ya dogara da hanyoyin sadarwa na Dr. Petitt, wanda Delta ta ba shi, don bincika ta da “mania” da “girma.” [Yanke shawara a 54-55, 57]. Altman ya shaida cewa rashin lafiyar da yake da ita kuma ya kasance sanadiyar ikon Dakta Petitt na iya renon yara, taimaka wa mijinta da kasuwancinsa, da zuwa makarantar dare, wanda ya bayyana da cewa "fiye da abin da duk wata mace da na hadu da ita za ta iya yi. ” [Yanke hukunci a 56]. 

Daga baya asibitin Mayo da na uku na likitan kwantar da hankali “wanda ya yanke-karya” suka ƙi amincewa da cutar ta Altman; duk da haka, an fitar da tsarin sama da watanni 21 yayin da “aikinta ya rataya a daidaito.” [Yanke shawara a 80]. Alkali Morris ya ba Dr. Petitt diyyar diyyar $ 500,000 - sau biyar mafi girman lambar yabo da aka rubuta a baya a karkashin dokar asirin - don gane da “mummunan halin da wannan ya sanya a kan [Dr. Lafiyar Petitt. ” [Yanke shawara a 80].

Kamar yadda Alkali Morris ya ce: "Bai dace ba [Delta] ta yi amfani da makami wajen aiwatar da wannan tsari don dalilan samun biyan bukata ta hanyar matuka jirgin saboda tsoron cewa [Delta] na iya lalata musu aiki ta hanyar amfani da wannan kayan aiki na karshe." [Yanke hukunci a 98]. Alkali Morris ya nakalto binciken Dr. Steinkraus na Mayo Clinic dangane da ganewar asali na Dr. Petitt:

“Wannan ya kasance abin birgewa ga kungiyarmu - shaidun ba sa goyon bayan kasancewar tabin hankali amma yana goyon bayan kokarin kungiya / kamfanoni don cire wannan matukin jirgin daga jerin. … Shekarun baya da suka gabata a aikin soja, ba bakon abu bane ga mata masu tuka jirgi da ma'aikatan jirgin sama su zama wadanda za a yiwa irin wannan kokarin. "

Alkalin ya karkare da cewa: “Shaidun rikodin sun tabbatar da Dr. Steinkraus 'game da halin da ake ciki.' [Id.].

Maganin da Delta yayi wa Dr. Petitt ya zama batun batun tsarin nadin mai kula da FAA Stephen Dickson saboda gazawarsa na bayyanawa Kwamitin Kasuwancin Majalisar Dattawa game da amincewarsa da umarnin kulawar tabin hankali na Graham ko kuma cewa an sanya shi na wasu awanni. . Alkalin ya yi bayanai masu zuwa game da halayen Kyaftin Dickson:

"Kotun ta ga kasa da abin amincewa da shaidar da Kyaftin Dickson ya gabatar saboda ta gano yawancin amsoshin nasa ba su da kyau… Shaidar da ya bayar na da matukar amfani wajen fahimtar al'adun jagoranci a [Delta] da kuma fahimtarta (ko rashin hakan) game da rawar [Delta] a cikin shirin kula da lafiya Imel dinsa sun bayyana karara cewa, 'bude kofofin bude kofar siyasa' ba ta bude yadda aka nuna ba. ”

Da aka nemi yin bayani a kan shari’ar, lauyan Dr. Petitt, Lee Seham, ya ce:

“Abin da na iske mai cike da wahala da damuwa shi ne, a duk wannan lokacin, Delta ba ta taba neman afuwa ga Dr. Petitt ba - ko da kuwa bayan da aka yi watsi da cutar ta Dr. Altman. Abin damuwa saboda waɗanda ke da alhakin wannan rashin adalcin suna ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin iko. A ganina, idan babu cikakken bincike da bincike, ayyukan jirgin Delta zasu ci gaba da fuskantar matsala. Dole a horar da rahoton tsaro, ba murkushe shi ba. ”