Originally Posted by
eaglefly
This could be a MAJOR player in the future in the costs of majors outsourcing their flying to Grace L. Ferguson operators all having to get and hold their business as the cheapest of the cheap.
The majors will now likely be fully liable for their outsourced flying and in fact, since they've got the most bucks, they'll be shoveling out most of the bucks in future code-share regional incidents/accidents.
To cure the sitting and wondering.....
What ever happened to Comair (5)191 in Lexington, KY in 2006?? Was the potential of selling ticket's to pax with a "Delta" Connection name attached anywhere in any of the lawsuit's that followed??
Not know the answer off hand, this accident could possibly serve as a litmus test/prior precedent regarding 'recent' cases that could draw a parallel to the Colgan accident when heard in the court of law regarding 'mainline' liability .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comair_Flight_191
Time will tell....