Delta Ends Female Pilot’s ‘Boys Club’ Harassment, Reprisal Suit

A female Delta Air Lines pilot has agreed to dismiss her retaliation and sexual harassment suit Thursday against the airline with prejudice.

Andrea Ratfield plausibly alleged that she had been subjected to “a sexually hostile work environment emblematic of ‘the good ol’ boys club,’” Judge Katherine Menendez, of the US District Court for the District of Minnesota, ruled in previously denying in part Delta’s motion to dismiss. Ratfield said that she started drinking after she was sexually assaulted at an aviation event. Delta allegedly retaliated against her while she sought substance abuse treatment because of her sexual harassment reports, according ...