Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Hypothetical risk isn't typically grounds for tort, unless you maybe suffered emotional trauma, PTSD, etc.
I think that would have to be individual lawsuits, not class action. Never underestimate the creativeness of the plaintiff's bar, but a class still seems like a stretch. Especially since any pilots who sue on those grounds or stand as a member of such a class are obviously putting their medical in jeopardy with the FAA (mental health).
Lost wages from furlough, yes. I don't think I've heard of that before, but it seems to make sense and BCA would not be a very sympathetic defendent in the eyes of the jury so they'd probably settle right up.
Also might have a claim for lost 2024 performance bonuses (hopefully not 2025 as well).
Might make more sense for AS to keep the employees whole, and then settle up with BCA after the dust settles. I'm sure that could all be done outside of the courts since it's only two airlines really impacted and BCA doesn't need press coverage drawn out for years by a legal battle.
It looks like Boeing probably has to dish out some cash to the airlines for lost revenue according to analysts. Alaska is most likely supplementing operational pay with Boeing money.
https://www.reuters.com/business/aer...9s-2024-01-08/
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On possible airline-compensation costs arising from Friday's accident, Citi analyst Jason Gursky estimated a daily cost of $2.3 million to Boeing, using RTX's (RTX.N) recent engine issues as a template for calculation.”
If you figure Alaska has half of the Max 9s in the skies, that’s about $1.15m a day to Alaska. 115 flights a day is probably about 1500 hours at 13 hours of flight time a day. 1500 hours and top of scale captain, FO and FA pay equates to about $1.14m a day in crew cost alone.