Originally Posted by
Profane Kahuna
I would disagree with your statement since the lawsuit and the years of bad press were against Lufthansa. The initial crash, sure the media was saying "Germanwings crash" every few minutes and that's bad, but the long term lawsuit headlines were against Lufthansa.
Better for LH to be named later in a lawsuit than have their logo on the big headlines. You and I know the relationship between GW and LH, but if I ask 10 friends and family five of them might remember germanwings but none would have any idea that LH was involved. Several german speakers and natives in that circle. Folks residing in DE are probably more aware.
GW was shutdown. The regionals which had at-fault fatal accidents here in the US this century have all been shut down. Funny how the off-brand subsidiaries go away but the mainline brands keeps on truckin'