Alaska Airlines pilot accuses co-pilot of rape in lawsuit, calls it a ‘not-dealt-with issue in our industry’

UNITED STATES
Good Morning America (ABC News)

March 16, 2018

By Catherine Thorbecke and Sabina Ghebremedhin

An Alaska Airlines pilot who is suing her employer, claiming that she was drugged and raped by her co-pilot during a layover, said she believes that what happened to her is an industry-wide issue that is often “swept under the rug.”

“I believe that this is an under-reported, swept-under-the-rug, not-dealt-with issue in our industry,” Betty Pina, an Alaska Airlines first officer and former military pilot, told ABC News. “It’s not just our airline.”

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