EXCLUSIVE: After a stellar career, Karlene Petitt fights for change and tells all about safety issues and sleazy behavior by Delta Air Lines management
So sad to know Delta perpetuates a low bar for aviation safety instead of making processes safer for pilots and going after the other Sten Molins that rape & harrass women. This is not how an airline is run. I would prosecute the Delta executives for negligence. If this was my airline, I would swiftly fire and sue those executives and anybody else perpetuating a low bar for aviation safety and creating a hostile work environment.
I wish I could say that the female HR person gaslighting Karlene was the exception in corporate America, but it is the norm. It happens on Wall Street and in tech all of the time. I just expressed my unhappiness with Delta (as a platinum member) on how they treat female pilots (moody, tempermental, blah, blah).
good for you. Thanks for making the effort. I feel like when you're young and starting out in any industry, you think HR is there for you. You kind of have to figure out for yourself that they're there to support and protect the company above all else. I have had back-and-forths on Twitter with HR staff who are wonderful people wanting to do good things in their jobs. This is no slight to the smart, good people in that profession. But covering up or waffling around about the reality of what their role is in the company helps no one, and employees need to know that
It's good to hear from you, and thank you for subscribing. Every point you make is familiar because I have heard it from one woman or another in the aviation industry. What an amazing career you've had. It makes a difference standing up the way you have, even if it doesn't feel like it at the time, or ever, from what it sounds like. More and more women are speaking up--I can't keep up with all those I'm hearing from (or their lawyers, in the case of lawsuits where employees are prevented by contract to speak to journalists.). I look forward to reading your Substack as you gear it up.
I understand what you are saying all too well. During my time as a flight attendant I was sexually assaulted by a pilot and was ganged up on by fellow colleagues as well as management to keep silent.
So sad to know Delta perpetuates a low bar for aviation safety instead of making processes safer for pilots and going after the other Sten Molins that rape & harrass women. This is not how an airline is run. I would prosecute the Delta executives for negligence. If this was my airline, I would swiftly fire and sue those executives and anybody else perpetuating a low bar for aviation safety and creating a hostile work environment.
good to hear from you, Joseph! 100% agree.
Yes, 100-%! thank you, Sara!!
I wish I could say that the female HR person gaslighting Karlene was the exception in corporate America, but it is the norm. It happens on Wall Street and in tech all of the time. I just expressed my unhappiness with Delta (as a platinum member) on how they treat female pilots (moody, tempermental, blah, blah).
Thanks for bringing visibility.
good for you. Thanks for making the effort. I feel like when you're young and starting out in any industry, you think HR is there for you. You kind of have to figure out for yourself that they're there to support and protect the company above all else. I have had back-and-forths on Twitter with HR staff who are wonderful people wanting to do good things in their jobs. This is no slight to the smart, good people in that profession. But covering up or waffling around about the reality of what their role is in the company helps no one, and employees need to know that
It's good to hear from you, and thank you for subscribing. Every point you make is familiar because I have heard it from one woman or another in the aviation industry. What an amazing career you've had. It makes a difference standing up the way you have, even if it doesn't feel like it at the time, or ever, from what it sounds like. More and more women are speaking up--I can't keep up with all those I'm hearing from (or their lawyers, in the case of lawsuits where employees are prevented by contract to speak to journalists.). I look forward to reading your Substack as you gear it up.
I understand what you are saying all too well. During my time as a flight attendant I was sexually assaulted by a pilot and was ganged up on by fellow colleagues as well as management to keep silent.