Originally Posted by
CherokeeDriver
What a sad story. A person in a safety critical role deliberately sabotaging a critical aircraft system. How on earth did American Airlines manage to create such a toxic work environment for their employees? I don't in any way condone the actions of this member of staff before anyone suggests otherwise.
Many years ago, my oldest sister managed to get herself fired from a decent job as a supermarket checkout for stealing (shoplifting). When we asked her why she'd done something so stupid, her response was that the union told them the supermarket was stealing from the employees, so she was justified in stealing back
Now, she was an intelligent person (by IQ, she was the smartest of us three kids), but had somehow convinced herself the logic of her actions.
Toxic rhetoric can have unexpected (and very undesirable) results.