United Fight Club Back In The News

Ruben Lee, center, with fellow flight attendants during an earlier part of his United Airlines career.

United Airlines lost a court fight to a former employee. The description of the testimony sounds like something out of a Soviet show trial.

Lane put a supervisor on the witness stand, he recalls, "and I said, 'In the hierarchy of rule violations, these are pretty ticky-tacky.' He said, 'I don't agree.' I said, 'For example, watching an iPad for a few minutes is certainly less serious than lighting a campfire in the bathroom of a flight when it's at 35,000 feet.' And he said, 'No, I disagree with that.' I said, 'Seriously? You think lighting a campfire in the bathroom is as serious as watching an iPad for a few minutes?' And he said, 'Yes.'"

The supervisor has apparently confused with loyal obedience with truth. Westword has the story. Via Flight Aware