Or should I say the lowest standard of the industry.
Air Group is pointing to a company executive for deleting computer data related to a lawsuit filed by Hawaiian Airlines, saying Peter Murnane accidentally erased key files when he was purging pornographic material from his computers.Hawaiian Airlines alleges that Murnane, the Phoenix-based regional airline's chief financial officer, destroyed evidence including Hawaiian's business plan that could show that Mesa Air misused confidential information to launch interisland carrier go! airlines. Mesa put Murnane on administrative leave last week.Hawaiian contends that Mesa Air violated a confidentiality agreement by using proprietary information it gathered as a potential investor during Hawaiian's
"He (Murnane) was cruising on adult Web sites," Blecher said, adding that Murnane was simply trying to delete the porn sites on three computers when the Hawaiian documents were deleted.Hawaiian attorney Sidney Levinson called Mesa's reference to pornography "a transparent effort to distract the court's attention and undermine the credibility of one of Mesa's most senior officers.""You have to wonder why Mesa thinks that smearing their own star witness with allegations of pornography benefits them," Levinson said.Chris Pappaioanou, Mesa's vice president of legal affairs, recalled an incident from 2003 or 2004 in which he came into work on a Saturday and noticed Murnane looking at adult content on a computer."It's a substantial embarrassment to have porn on the computer because of his position in the community and the company," Blecher said.Blecher said he's optimistic about Mesa's chances of prevailing when the actual trial begins."They can't point to anything deleted that doesn't exist," Blecher said. "In our view, they're chasing a ghost."Levinson accused Mesa of being less than truthful, adding, "We're never going to be in a position to get assurance that we've gotten everything we would need."In addition to monetary damages, Hawaiian is seeking an injunction barring go! from selling tickets for one year.Since go! started in June 2006, interisland airfares have dropped by as much as half, increasing the number of interisland passengers and affected the bottom lines of Hawaiian and Aloha airlines. Hawaiian and Aloha lost a combined $82.1 million last year.
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http://www.kpho.com/news/14212979/de...s=pho&psp=news
I am guessing this is a cover up for deleted files. Sorry we were deleting porn not the files that would incriminate us.
Fortunately nothing is ever deleted on a hard drive and all the files should be recoverable...even that GOATSE picture.