 In 2006, she retired eight years early from the company.Getline holds a wide variety of airman certificates, including Airline Transport Pilot License (ATP), AMEL, commercial pilot, Airplane Single Engine Land (ASEL), rotorcraft, control tower operator, flight engineer, and ground instructor, as well as type ratings for the Airbus A320, Boeing 727, Boeing 737, Boeing 777, Cessna Citation, and McDonnell Douglas DC-10.Meryl Getline died on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, from the cancer that finally reached her brain.