Originally Posted by
SAABaroowski
I hate to say it but if my family was on that plane, I can't say I wouldn't be wanting to hold someone accountable (pending cause) This airplane does not have a great safety record and these Pilots, as well as Colgan's training will be thoroughly examined.
I don't know what caused this crash but if it is either the Pilot's doing, or the Airplanes the LAWSUITS will fly and they will be successful in court/ or have very large settlements......
I flew a lot of the victims families from BUF-EWR yesterday and it was so sad they were a mess, I can't say I blame them for wanting some answers, and unfortunately filing a lawsuit is one of the ways people get what they feel they need to be properly "made whole".
I won't dispute that Colgan treats it's crewmembers like crap, and that a review of their training and maintenance program is definitely in order. However, I still know some people who fly the Q400 for Horizon, and they say it's a great airplane, as is the entire Dash-8 series. As I recall, this is the first fatal accident for the Q400 model, and the only other incidents I've heard of were the gear problems that SAS had in Europe with theirs. I thought I read somewhere that those incidents had more to do with the SAS maintenance program than anything with the aircraft. We don't even know for sure that it was a problem with the aircraft that caused the crash. I feel for the families, and I would want answers too, but they really should change the laws so that no one can file any sort of lawsuit until the NTSB concludes the investigation and releases a probable cause. Even then, the lawsuit should be limited to the party/parties identified by the NTSB as being directly responsible. If the accident is caused by a freak event of nature (i.e, US Air in the Hudson due to birds,) then no lawsuit may be filed at all, regardless of injuries sustained or fatalities.