"We are the protagonists of our stories called life, and there is no limit to how high we can fly."
PHD. MBA. MHS. Type rated on A350, A330, B777, B747-400, B747-200, B757, B767, B737, B727. International Airline Pilot / Author / Speaker. Dedicated to giving the gift of wings to anyone following their dreams. Supporting Aviation Safety through training, writing, and inspiration. Fighting for Aviation Safety and Airline Employee Advocacy. Safety Culture and SMS change agent.
When the legal system doesn't hold anyone accountable, someone must take justice into their own hands. The 8th Novel in the Flight For Series is released. Flight For Revenge. And those deserving characters are being disposed of, one by one.
I'm now revealing the truth and what's gone before to help you win $1000. For those who don't know, I wrote novels throughout my ordeal with Delta. They were fiction based on truth, but exposing realities. In those novels I had to include murder, sex and a sinister plot because nobody would believe the truth could actually happen with an airline like Delta. Now, that truth is being exposed. However, I thought Revenge would be the only fully fictionalized novel, but I was wrong. There is too much truth in the pages. Therefore, I am running a contest for one of my lucky readers to win $1000. You don't have to have all the answers, just the have the most correctanswers.
November Clue:
Dr. Marsh, in the novel, is inspired by Dr. Faulkner, Delta’s in house doctor. If you want to know what is true about Dr. Marsh’s character in the novel, read Dr. Faulkner’s deposition testimony here. Each fictional character was dealt with in a manner befitting to them and their behavior. Read both Flight For Revenge and the deposition, and those truths will be revealed.
You can also read the novels Flight For Discovery and Flight For Justice, to confirm more truths. All Trial and Deposition Testimony is verbatim. More truth than you can imagine and it could help you win the contest.
Previous Clues:
September: All Revenge in this book is fiction.
October: If you want to know my favorite Bourbon, Kathryn and Josh drink it.
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HIMS was a 1974 study to research military pilots with respect to alcohol abuse who would become airline pilots. This HIMS research transitioned into an assistance program. Today, however, this program has shifted from helping pilots to a money-making pilot abuse program that has enabled a medical industry to extort money from airman. Doctors assert airman have a substance abuse disorder, whether they do or not, and then threaten their airline careers if they don’t participate in the program, forcing them to pay exorbitant amounts of money and time to retain their career.
The Pilots for HIMS Reform (P4HR) group is working to end this abuse, but they need your assistance.
If you have fallen victim to HIMS, you are not alone. Pilots for HIMS reform is trying to fix the problems, which are many. But they need to show the current reports of system abuse are not isolated cases.
Current Reports Indicate
Dr. David B Altman
There is no FAA oversight. Instead, the FAA has abdicated their accountability to HIMS AMEs.
To put this into perspective, the once leading HIMS AME doctor, Dr. David B. Altman, who testified in a court of law that he conducted more pilot evaluations than any other doctor, forfeited his medical license to avoid prosecution. Altman had accepted $74,000 from Delta Air Lines in exchange for providing a false diagnosis against me. Three years of my effort but one dirty doctor was gone.
HIMS AME Dr. Chien, stated, “Doctors can be bought” and “This is a dirty business.” Chien also told me he was an anesthesiologist and quit to become a HIMS AME because he could make more money. Dr. Alan Kozarsky is a trained ophthalmologist who is acting as a HIMS AME for Delta. Faulkner, is managing his own emotions with long-term anti-depressant use.
Unfortunately, airlines and unions use the HIMS program to control pilots while bastardizing the HIMS process. Any doctor can become an HIMS AME without any additional training. Dr. Faulkner testified in court that all they must do is attend a four-day conference. Well, at least that’s what he did. Yes, alcohol is involved at these seminars. Not for research but for consumption by the doctors at the end of the day.
Airline management sets arbitrary standards such as random thresholds for PEth or ETG testing. Airlines also require far greater monitoring than required by regulatory standards, and they force pilots to sign contracts, that are not required by the FAA. Where is the union? They are participating in this fraud.
When a pilot enters an airline’s HIMS program, the airline controls the pilot with the threat of medical certificate revocation, something they should have no control over. The HIMS contracts restrict the pilot’s ability to use sick leave, and the company threatens pilots when they call in fatigue, write up maintenance, etc. Airline management uses this program for control.
Airline management also uses the “HIMS contract” to terminate pilots who are not “compliant” with that contract, of which is outside the Pilot Working Agreement (PWA). Compliant can be subjective. One pilot faced consequences that he was not "working a good program" despite evidence that he never drank. Pilots have no job protection under the HIMS program despite what the union touts, and instead they expose themselves to arbitrary termination.
An entire industry is profiting from HIMS. Psychiatrist, rehabilitation centers, group therapy providers, and individual medical providers are all profiting by forcing pilots to jump through ambiguous hoops. Some of those pilots don’t even have a “substance use disorder” but are coerced into the program for other reasons than drinking. Many are forced by their union. Why? The union profits from this program too. While airlines reimburse some pilots for their medical expenses, there is no recouping the extensive time lost in their lives. I know of two pilots who quit the job because the program itself. One said it would have cost him his marriage. The HIMS program is a non-paid full-time job.
The linchpin in all this is the AME who is forcing pilots into psychiatric referrals. While the FAA does not use medical standards for the HIMS program, the AME and psychiatrists at the rehabilitation centers write insurance codes requiring proper medical standards. There exists a huge medical disconnect.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
If you, or anyone you know, was pressured into attending MARR (Maine Association Recovery Residences) or any other addiction recovery center, or if your AME has taken liberties with undue and arbitrary requirements, high expenses, or in any other manner harmed you, you can help by sharing your details.
Examples of the information requested:
Your position and where you work. Example, Pilot at Delta, or pilot at major airline.
Who told you to go into the HIMS program? (AME, Union, Management, FAA)
What happened that forced you into the program?
Who forced you to see a psychiatrist? (AME, Union, Airline management, FAA)
Was any pressure applied to join the HIMS program?
Were you coerced into seeing a psychiatrist?
Were you coerced into admittance into MARR or another treatment center?
What is your current medical status?
Was any employment action taken?
What were your out-of-pocket expenses?
All Documents you can share, such as letters, emails, notes, even invoices will be much appreciated. You will remain anonymous, unless you're mad enough to share your story. We understand those still employed, need anonymity. Do not believe that your story is unique and they will figure out who you are, too many, too much of the same, will protect you. This is simply data collection to prove the numbers.
This week Dylan Phillips reached out asking for help. His school, South Kitsap High School, is in the finals of the T-Mobile competition! They won the first two prizes and now we can help them win the big prize of a $1,000,000 dollar stadium makeover and an all expense paid trip for selected school representatives to the 2025 SEC Championship game!
All you need to do is Scan the Link below or go to the website HERE and enter your email and click vote. I voted on the scan. My husband at the website. Both worked great. And, you can vote each day.
Dylan said, "Our school has put their blood sweat and tears into this competition getting us to were we are now. We all have put so much effort in because this money would make a huge impact. We have youth soccer teams, youth football teams, youth cheer teams, and all of our high school teams using this stadium. This infusion of funds would help the community in so many ways."
The current stadium has no cover. The impact of that in the middle of winter in Washington State with parents, families, friends, and fans of band, cheer, dance and football as well as all other sports, suffer in the rain. Let's help make dreams come through.
I'm giving my car away as a gift to say THANK YOU to my readers. Tonight I drew the name. While there could only be one winner of the car, you are all winners in my heart. Therefore, I will be running another contest soon and giving away $1000, for all those who read the books and want to play Fact or Fiction and What has gone before. I will provide a clue each month. Details coming soon.
THIS is a Classic. And I will draw one lucky winner!!!
I am giving my car away on August 31st!
Five days remaining in to get your entry in. Learn more about the car here. It's a collectors item (or will be soon). So, if you're in need of some summer reading, checkout the bookstore. Every purchase gets an entry because I am thanking my readers! If you read on Kindle, just send me your info that you bought it, and I'll add you into the contest!
From now until the drawing, anyone who purchases all the novels will get an extra 10 entires (17 total... unless you buy revenge then 18. If you want to purchase all of them and gift them to someone this Christmas, while you win the car), go to Flight To Success blog. (shipping is smarter on the blog than the website. But if you buy more than one on the website, I will refund your shipping that goes over the actual.) You can also pre-buy the newest book Flight For Revenge. I think it's my favorite. And I'm going to be running a contest for those who read all and will be giving $1000 as the grand prize.
There Are Seven Novels
Number Eight Is Complete
Available for pre-orders:
Flight For Revenge, When there is no Justice.I'm also going to be giving a $1000 away for those who read the books with a contest to guess what is "fact or fiction" in the newest novel:
If are reading and hoping to win the car, you want to get one more entry in before the drawing and pre-order flight... Flight For Revenge, When there is no Justice You'll get an entry now for a thank you... the book will be available November 2025. But Sunday you could have a chance to win the car!
If Novels are not for you... I thank all those who are purchasing the Non-fiction too!! And You'll get an entry. Even audible or Ebook... send me the proof of order and you're in.
All the novels that have gone before were based on truth, with real accidents, real events, and real people whose names were changed to protect my job. There was more truth than fiction in all of them. I had anticipated that Flight For Revenge would be the only book that would be 100% non-fiction.
I was wrong!
SPOILER ALERT: Only one of the bodies in this novel was at the pointy end of a knife. I call him shark bate. The others' demise were all far more creative. Death, torture, and gaslighting. Psychological torture as well as physical. I suspect a few of the characters might have wished for death instead of what they experienced. Who thinks this stuff up? Oh. Wait. I did!
When there is no Justice,
There is Revenge!
Warning Airline Management:
Beware! If you falsely accuse a pilot of mental instability, you might just might get what you ask for. When Global Air Lines called Darby crazy, they pulled her from duty. When they paid a doctor $74,000 to make her bipolar, the union told her that her career was over. While she never lost her medical, the airline prohibited her from flying. Even when the Mayo Clinic stepped in.
Darby Bradshaw embarrassed Global Air Lines in court, with win of the century. But they didn't learn their lesson. The airline appealed. She fought back. Then management escalated this game of chess to the highest level. Nobody is held accountable. Passenger safety be damned. Laws and regulations that are supposed to protect the public are worthless. When the legal system is a toothless tiger, and the FAA looks the other way then it's time to take action.
While Global's appeal is in process, all those who participated in Darby's demise are being dealt with. One by one they are eliminated. This is a thriller that reads like a mystery. And the most fun "who done it" book you will ever read. Why is it fun? Because the bad guys get what they deserve, exactly how they deserve their punishment. What do you get? A great read! And a chance to win $1000.
YOUR CHANCE TO WIN $1000
All you have to do is read all the novels. Then, when you read Flight For Revenge, you will be asked to tell me all the facts that were in the previous books now brought forth in revenge. And then identify all the facts in the novels that are true. The person with the "most" facts correct will win $500. If you get them all, you win $1000. If there is a tie, then we'll do a drawing. Final details will come when Flight For Revenge is released. For now, read the books! Be ready. And pay attention. Take notes on what you believe to be true.
Order all the books off the Flight To Success blog, as a package deal. Hardback on the top left margin, and paper on the right. Or go to KarlenePetitt.com bookstore and buy them individually. More so, if you order them before August 31, 2025 you will enter a chance to win a car. Details Here. More you buy, the more chances you have to win. You can also order via kindle, and just let me know that you purchased them and I'll add your name to the drawing for the car.
A couple days ago I received yet another letter with concerns regarding aviation safety. This came shortly after a Delta check airman voiced his concerns that Delta had changed their A330 manuals to an FCOM without adequate training. An FCOM is compilation of all manuals into one, where the information is difficult to access. I'm told all the company did was provide some online information, with plans to train everyone how to use it when they arrive to recurrent. The concern is, those who won't see recurrent for another 9 months will be using a product they have not been trained on.
I used the FCOM for the first time on the A350, and navigating the manual was more difficult than learning the systems. The explanation provide to me was we should select the tab per our knowledge level. If you know a great deal, select one tab for abbreviated information. If you average knowledge you could select a second tab that provided a little more information. If you had no clue, select the third tab to get a full explanation. But what if you don't know what you don't know? Gone are the good old days of looking up the systems in a systems manual. The reality is, this manual is a technicality now, more so than a useable product.
"Nobody knows where to go to find information"
Anonymous Pilot
Then another check airman wrote his concerns of the "One size fits all" door policy. Apparently the flight attendants wanted a universal policy for the door procedures. Inflight told flight operations to make it happen. Flight operations is doing just that, despite the A350 and a B737 being complete different configurations, and some (many) pilots are objecting.
Below is the letter I recently received. Should we be concerned with what's happening in this industry? I'm curious if this is ongoing at other airlines, too.
Dear Karlene,
Here are just a few things that have me highly concerned about going to work these days. These things are leading me to believe Delta is headed for a major accident. I’m not sure if this happening at other airlines but I feel the industry is headed in the wrong direction. I am not sure what to do. Any suggestions? Anything reported to Delta is all for the public and FAA show and is total hypocrisy.
Abysmal E-QRH roll out. Trained via QCQ last fall. Delayed because daddy D crashed the server putting their hands on it. Memory items change with little notice.
MCC in ATL is ignoring maintenance messages sent from the onboard aircraft reporting systems. Writing up a discrepancy under an improper MEL to keep the aircraft on time.
MCC giving out MELs before troubleshooting.
MCC have improper understanding of a malfunctioning aircraft system and therefore testing it improperly which leads to a cannot duplicate problem (eg. improperly checking a pressure regulating bleed valve with the APU…here’s a hint…you can’t properly check operation without running and engine.)
There is an incentive program for MCC in at least ATL that pays more for on-time departures. This has been verified with a former person from Tech Ops.
ATC:
Lying about weather and rides (eg. IAH lying about the ride through moderate and extreme precipitation calling it smooth then changing it to occasional moderate turbulence once you’re in it) it caused one of our aircraft to be hit by lightning.
Dispatch playing games with fuel and weather. (Eg. I have heard stories of them trying to bargaining fuel with the PIC on international flights…trying to give them 500LBS of fuel when they requested more.
STRESS
Failing to comply with paying people for overtime properly and then initially denying the claim. Verified from the Union.(It’s wage theft) And causes too much stress.
Crew tracking editing times to make people legal for duty…(eg. changing or not changing estimates in times for legal FAA rest).
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