Brazil B737/Legacy MAC lawyers

[FL420]

Link to one of the law firms representing the GOL pax in Brazil MAC

http://www.globalaviationlaw.com/golaccident.htm?gclid=CNi31IDWxIgCFSM6GAodfSZP_g

 

[wrxpilot]

And? Is this so we can flood them with hate mail?

 

[Van Hooydonk]

Link to aviation attorneys representing the Excelair pilots
http://www.anania-law.com/

By the way, I don't know why anyone would find this interesting.

 

[FL420]

And? Is this so we can flood them with hate mail?

By the way, I don't know why anyone would find this interesting.

Believe it or not there are a few professional pilots reading this board whose jobs sometimes require them to fly outside the good ol' USA. Many of those countries systems of laws are not based on English common law but are based on other codes such as the Napoleonic code. In Mexico, for instance, you can be "detained" for quite a while while an investigation is being conducted. They don't have to charge you right away in order to offer you bond or hold you because they don't have the same concept of "habeas corpus" that we do.

Bitter experience has taught them that too many Americans have beat it across the border and put themselves out of reach of their justice system when in fact subsequent investigation has proved the Americans culpable in the injury or deaths of Mexican citizens or their loss of property. Most Americans travelled to Mexico on a birth certificate, sans passport, so the only way to ensure they stuck around for the investigation and possible legal action was to lock them up in the local jail until their investigation was complete.

Using the standards of OUR judicial system, this is inappropriate. Using the standards of their judicial system, not only is it appropriate and practical but often necessary.

I'm no expert on Mexican law by any means but I also think that perhaps they consider negligence a criminal matter whereas in this country negligence is more a civil matter.

I did not post the link so anyone could send them hate mail. I think that's a pretty low class thing to do. I posted the link because it had links to the actual complaint filed in the case. Unfortunately, the .pdf file seems to be corrupted and won't download. The links to their press releases are useful to educate yourself on what is being said about the parties to the investigation.

Anyone who flies an aircraft on an FAA license in a foreign country needs to know what they are doing and what can happen to them if they get involved in a dispute with a foreign national or a foreign government. I have a ton of "horror stories," some of them firsthand, on how things work versus how we think they should work "south of the border."

 

[positiveg]

Believe it or not there are a few professional pilots reading this board whose jobs sometimes require them to fly outside the good ol' USA. Many of those countries systems of laws are not based on English common law but are based on other codes such as the Napoleonic code. In Mexico, for instance, you can be "detained" for quite a while while an investigation is being conducted. They don't have to charge you right away in order to offer you bond or hold you because they don't have the same concept of "habeas corpus" that we do.

Yeah, because our government would NEVER do that to foreigners.

Gitmo ring a bell?

 

[Metro752]

Yeah, because our government would NEVER do that to foreigners.

Gitmo ring a bell?

Hey remember what country you are in, and that it could happen to you someday, and maybe not in your HIV ridden country Brasil, but maybe China, or some craphole sandbox.

You want us to just leave you there because you had an honest to goodness accident?

 

[gringo]

Hey remember what country you are in, and that it could happen to you someday, and maybe not in your HIV ridden country Brasil, but maybe China, or some craphole sandbox.

You want us to just leave you there because you had an honest to goodness accident?

Huh??