Old 03-24-2009 | 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by ImEbee
Bad precedence to set, allowing courts/juries to evaluate how emergencies are handled. I thought CRV data was not to be used in dicipinary action. Perhaps Europe is different.
Criminalization of negligence is much more common overseas. In the US you would have to do something unbelievably reckless to get charged, or break a law in the process (ie DUI).

So far US prosecutors have not attempted to to criminalize honest mistakes in aviation.
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