Hey, you were right and I was wrong. Turns out it will protect your ticket under some certain circumstances. I hope you never have to test it like xj200 had to.

In the interest of peace, will you concede that it will not protect you if "the violation did not involve a criminal offense, or accident. or action under 49 U.S.C. Section 44709 which discloses a lack of qualification or competency, which is wholly excluded from this policy" (your post)

Look up the NTSB definitions of accident, substantial damage, and injury.

• it is an accident if you manuever the aircraft and the flight attendant falls and breaks her hip or arm or whatever;
• it can be an accident if you have a tail strike or a hard landing

There are lots of things that can be called accidents. And what about that violation that "discloses a lack of qualification or competency". Do you want to sit in a room for 7 months with lawyers trying to decide if your decision to abort a takeoff for a status message during a heavy rainstorm demonstrated a lack of competency?

I just think it is a shame that rather than grieve this, the MEC decided to withdraw from the program, poke DS in the eye. Wonder why we have a bunch of Comair aircraft sitting in remote? Where are the other DCI carriers planes? Oh, they are flying.