I am, USMC. And I agree with you totally. I'm just more interested in protecting myself than anything else, hence the first suggestion. Once these people start running around with subpoenas, clamoring for 'justice', people other than the ones at fault for the accident will feel the most effects. The CA and F/O are dead. 9L is now part of Pinnacle. Sure, some money will change hands, congressmen will grandstand about a 1,500hr rule, but really, the rest of the us who are safe, competent pilots will receive the fallout every time we go to work.

I have friends who I've flown many times with who are safe, knowledgeable pilots who can't find a job because of their failed check rides. I had my manuals checked by a Fed several times in one week as a 'crackdown' on the regionals, showing how 'safety conscious' our system is. It's all window dressing, and is what happens when the 'legal' system, and the 'public' get in over their heads....