Teh One Who Knocks
10-13-2011, 05:29 PM
Claims it gave her "post traumatic stress disorder."
By JOE GOMEZ - Associated Press
On a flight she took from College Station to Houston in October of 2009, Colleen O’Neal says the turbulence was so bad as a result of the weather the plane banked from side to side and made dead drops in the sky as though it were losing power.
"This 20 minute flight turned into 2 and a half hours of hell," says O'Neal. "I've spoken to several people on the flight and the general consensus is that we all thought we were dead."
O'Neal is now suing United/Continental and few other airlines in charge of the flight because she can no longer fly as part of her job, as the trip gave her Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
"This does not just affect my ability to get on an airplane, there have been times when I've been driving down the road and I hit a pot hole and I have to pull over because I'm having a flash back," she says.
O’Neal’s case is being trumpeted by flyers rights activists like Kate Hanni of http://www.flyersrights.org who think that she does have a legitimate case of mental anguish.
"Any kind of major turbulence can be life threatening, there have been clear air turbulence issues where flight attendants have broken their necks because they weren't pinned back in their seats with their seat belts on," says Hanni.
Others meanwhile are critical of O'Neal and say an airline can't control the weather.
By JOE GOMEZ - Associated Press
On a flight she took from College Station to Houston in October of 2009, Colleen O’Neal says the turbulence was so bad as a result of the weather the plane banked from side to side and made dead drops in the sky as though it were losing power.
"This 20 minute flight turned into 2 and a half hours of hell," says O'Neal. "I've spoken to several people on the flight and the general consensus is that we all thought we were dead."
O'Neal is now suing United/Continental and few other airlines in charge of the flight because she can no longer fly as part of her job, as the trip gave her Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
"This does not just affect my ability to get on an airplane, there have been times when I've been driving down the road and I hit a pot hole and I have to pull over because I'm having a flash back," she says.
O’Neal’s case is being trumpeted by flyers rights activists like Kate Hanni of http://www.flyersrights.org who think that she does have a legitimate case of mental anguish.
"Any kind of major turbulence can be life threatening, there have been clear air turbulence issues where flight attendants have broken their necks because they weren't pinned back in their seats with their seat belts on," says Hanni.
Others meanwhile are critical of O'Neal and say an airline can't control the weather.