Mr Milburn's report highlighted work placements as a new rung on the career ladder that makes life hard for people who cannot afford to work for peanuts.
Able women who left academic science or stepped off the corporate ladder tell her they wanted something different from life, and insist discrimination had little to do with it.
She told The Associated Press from her hospital bed that when she regained consciousness, the pilot and co-pilot were putting a life jacket on her and helping her down a rubber ladder.