> Individuals MAY require YEARS of counselling and/or other psychiatric help.
> They MAY find that they cannot perform their job (you know, what brings
> in the money to buy food and all that). How is $5000.00 going to cover
> that?
It won't but why should the airline pay for that rather than the individuals own insurance? From this distance it's quite hard to see where the Airline might be liable. Presumably they would have to show that the incident wasn't handled correctly and that that contributed.