>If the agent was such an a'hole why did the Capt. only file an incident report after it all became public ? Smacks of CYA to me.
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Unless the Captain was immediately pulled off his trip (which I'm pretty sure was not the case) we was WORKING. The media jumped all over this in about six hours. How was the Captain supposed to compose an accurate, level headed report, submit it to the company, and have it released to the press before the s*** hit the fan?
You are no less guilty of using inflammatory speculation than the media. Give the guy a break, he was using his best judgement to handle a difficult, high profile situation. He did his job in a professional manner, quite unlike the SS guy, who immediately lawyered up and started crying discrimination via the media.
By the way, an airline pilot's primary motivation in filing a report IS to CYA. If an official recollection of events is not received, the media's skewed version of the situation is legitimized.