Originally Posted by
ERJF15
If a af jet crashes, the first thing to get locked down are the forms and then the Crew Chief. If it was a MX error and the Crew Chief was at fault, that individual goes to jail. If it kills the operator, negligent homicide. Crew Dawgs job is a b!@ch.
Have you seen incidents like this in the USAF?
Since most mishaps have some factor of human error whether it be the common 'pilot error' or maintenance factor, I would expect to see more than a few courts cases and at least through my years of service and involvement with safety in Naval Aviation I never once saw these types of charges brought against a pilot (remember the mishap in San Diego that killed 4 of the Korean family), and this particular mishap had some maintenance culpability too.
Recently the USCG tried to bring charges against a helo co-pilot and the charges were eventually dropped.
USMCFLYR