UNITED STATES
Business Insider
March 14, 2018
By Benjamin Zhang
– Alaska Airlines pilot Betty Pina is suing the airline.
– The first officer claims she was drugged and raped during a layover by the captain in charge of her flight.
– She claims Alaska Airlines is responsible for the captain’s behavior.
– The pilot also claims Alaska Airline’s response to the incident was lacking.
An Alaska Airlines pilot has filed a lawsuit against the airline claiming that she was drugged and raped while on the job. Betty Pina, a 39-year-old first officer who has been flying commercially with Alaska Airlines since 2016, alleges that she was drugged and raped at a hotel during a layover in Minneapolis, Minnesota by the Captain in charge of her flight.
(Pina’s name is being used because she has given on the record interviews with media outlets. The identity of the captain named in Pina’s suit is being withheld because he has not been charged with a criminal offense.)
In the lawsuit filed on Wednesday at Washington State Superior Court, the 39-year-old former Army helicopter pilot claims Alaska Airlines should be liable for the alleged actions of employees, including the Captain accused of the offenses. In addition, Pina claims the airline’s response to the incident was inadequate and “unlawfully retaliatory.”
“This is an open and active investigation and we aren’t going to comment,” an Alaska Airlines spokesman said in a statement to Business Insider. “What we can say is that we are taking this matter seriously. The safety and well-being of our employees and guests is a top priority.”
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