Initially she worked on an alternative the company was developing to the canceled SergeantYork system, and then became program director for electro-optical systems.
She might have stayed there longer, but in a third career twist, defense secretary Casper Weinberger a fellow not noted for canceling weapons programs killed the SergeantYork air-defense system on which she was working.
Paul Babakitis, a retired New York City police sergeant who helped restrain the captain, told Fox News Tuesday that he and the attendants worked to calm the rest of the passengers during the last phase of the flight.