airline that a female delta pilot was retaliated against accused of being mentally unstable after reporting alleged safety violations to delta s senior vice president of flight operations, captain dickson. you think there is a clear link between her reporting a safety issue and being declared by delta mentally incompetent. there is no doubt in my mind that there s a link. reporter: in 2016 she was concerned about safety at delta. she called for a meeting and delivered a more than 40-page report to dickson and his second in command. she felt a pilot qualification test wasn t being taken seriously, that pilots were afraid to admit they were fatigued and that a pilot s travel time to assignment was not being properly added to calculate an hourly limit for flying. and she wanted these safety issues addressed before some calamity occurred. reporter: her attorney said