F/O Barbara Bentzin, United Airlines

2023 PRESIDENTIAL CITATION

First Officer Barbara Bentzin is the recipient of a 2023 ALPA Pilot Assistance Presidential Citation for her work as an ASO volunteer in the Critical Incident Response Program (CIRP).

First Officer Bentzin has been a member of the United MEC CIRP Committee since 2013 and worked as a CIRP coordinator from 2019 to 2023. She has been a committed CIRP volunteer and an anchor for the United MEC CIRP team, taking countless calls for critical and other stress-related incidents. She has been known to take on multiple calls at once and has demonstrated her commitment by stepping up to support her fellow pilots when others have been unable to volunteer.

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