Colgan Not Liable for Crash Costs
03-13-2013, 09:06 PM
#11
Bracing for Fallacies
Joined APC: Jul 2007
Position: In favor of good things, not in favor of bad things
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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes
Yep. One day a lawyer is going to get this right IMO. If whatever major airline wants to put their name on the aircraft, they should be responsible. There's a big push for this in the FAA with 135 operators and others, but unfortunately the 121s have the ability to push back on their congressmen still.
To some extent some of this is being addressed with SMS, by making an executive responsible, but I think the corporations will make it inneffective somehow, and the operators that need these things the most are usually the ones that do not/can not do it.
To some extent some of this is being addressed with SMS, by making an executive responsible, but I think the corporations will make it inneffective somehow, and the operators that need these things the most are usually the ones that do not/can not do it.
03-14-2013, 06:30 AM
#12
ULTP-Ultra Low Tier Pilot
Joined APC: Dec 2007
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Get into Trouble Outdoors -- Who Pays for the Rescue? - TIME
This article seemed somewhat pertinent...
This article seemed somewhat pertinent...
Wait, never mind, that was a movie I saw.
03-14-2013, 08:26 AM
#13
Line Holder
Joined APC: May 2009
Posts: 79
Originally Posted by FlyJSH
That sounds nice, but where does it end? Main line hires regional X. Regional X flies flies the new Em-bardier One-Seventy-Nine-Hundred equipped with the SuperSnazy FMS loaded with data provided by Mappesen. An X plane flies into the side of a mountain because Mappesen had a typo on an MEA. REALISTICALLY (forgetting that everyone including Badyear, who made the tires will be sued) realistically, shoud the mainline be responsible?
Yeah, it sounds silly, but in our litigious society, it isn't far from the truth.
Yeah, it sounds silly, but in our litigious society, it isn't far from the truth.
That's just the point. Majors want the rewards (extremely low-cost flying) without the responsibilities. When a Delta mainline aircraft gets in trouble, Delta is responsible, because Delta put the aircraft, crew, and its infrastructure in play to gain a profit. Either make Delta take the name off its surrogate aircraft, or own up when ITS NAMESAKE aircraft gets in trouble...let the mainline be responsible for lapses in training, crew fatigue, infrastructure, etc..on aircraft it puts in play. If it does NOT want this responsibility, make mainline take the mainline name off the outside. This crazy patchwork of regionals and mainlines is subterfuge to enrich executives and lawyers of mainlines and regionals at the expense of other industry workers...and it's done by legally bypassing traditional ideas of responsibility and accountability. Sam
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