Bean - The situation I described was (from the BACX point of view) as fair as it could have been ie
If her departure slot vanished she would have had 10 mins from the last of the MAN - BLQ pax disembarking to getting into the air (otherwise she would have been going into discretion).
She actually had a slot which would,in reality, have put her 57 mins into discretion.
On the day there was a significant headwind and no real opportunity to make up time on the last sector.
whichever way you look at it she would have been going into discretion with links in the accident chain all over the show.
GC your post is interesting as it seems to me the company are dragging this on in the hope that she will resign. It would then be much more difficult for HER to prove constructive dismissal than it would be if the comapny sack her. In this case THEY have to demonstrate robustness of their decision.
If this is the case they have underestimated said lady.