Shaw also complained that she earned only $15,800 the year before from Colgan Air, the Continental subcontractor that managed the flight. She also said Colgan refused to give her $200 in back pay she thought she was owed.
"I feel like Colgan walks all over me. This company treats me like crap so much," she says in the transcript.
The newly released transcript also shows Shaw — who commuted to Newark from her home in Seattle on a red-eye flight the night before — sniffling repeatedly as Flight 3407 waited to take off.
The transcript was one of several new documents the NTSB released today, including details of a flight simulation that attempted to mimic the conditions about Flight 3407, which stalled over Clarence and plunged to the ground, killing 50.
http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/746101.html"I mean if I call in sick now, I've got to put myself in a hotel room until feel better," said Shaw, who also complained about her low salary. "We'll see how ... it feels flying. If the pressure's just too much I, you know, I could always call in tomorrow. At least I'm in a hotel on the company's buck, but we'll see. I'm pretty tough."
Renslow suggested to Shaw that she "kill it with, you know, a bunch of OJ or a bunch of vitamin C."
Shaw also complained about poor treatment by Colgan Air Inc. of Manassas, Va., which operated the flight for Continental Airlines. She said she earned only $15,800 the previous year and the airline was refusing to give her $200 in back pay she felt she was owed.
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