Colgan Crash That Killed 50 Spurs Quest for Damages That Punish

[DontFeedTheBear]

there is zero chance that a court will allow punitive damages against the Company.

What???

Let's see,

1-They missed all of the CA's pink slips in their background checks!
2-They hired low experience in both CA and FO!
3-There is a multitude of employees willing to testify of the sick and fatigue policies of Colgan!
4-They have a sketchy past history with lot's of skeletons!
5-Now in the spotlight is the low pay, forcing many to commute!

This will be interesting...

Yogi

 

[WayBack]

What???

Let's see,

1-They missed all of the CA's pink slips in their background checks!
2-They hired low experience in both CA and FO!
3-There is a multitude of employees willing to testify of the sick and fatigue policies of Colgan!
4-They have a sketchy past history with lot's of skeletons!
5-Now in the spotlight is the low pay, forcing many to commute!

This will be interesting...

Yogi

I see what you're saying and agree with you, but only #1 is the only thing they might get pinched for.
The rest is industry standard.

 

[ultrarunner]

Colgan is insured against such lawsuits, right? I mean, they aren't self-insured, are they. If insured, what is the cap?

Is it rolled in with CAL?

 

[Raoul Duke]

Why not? They caused the crash by not hiring properly and not training properly.

simply being negligent does not get you punative damages. The actions of the crew were found to cause the accident (per the NTSB). One pilot lied on his application and they both failed to follow the training they were given.

 

[Raoul Duke]

What???

Let's see,

1-They missed all of the CA's pink slips in their background checks!
2-They hired low experience in both CA and FO!
3-There is a multitude of employees willing to testify of the sick and fatigue policies of Colgan!
4-They have a sketchy past history with lot's of skeletons!
5-Now in the spotlight is the low pay, forcing many to commute!

This will be interesting...

Yogi

you really have no idea what you are talking about. the CA lied on his application, both the CA and FO met the FARs to be in their positions, if the CA and FO would have had crash pads in their domicile they would not have been fatigued. the lawsuits will not be about pay and fatigue, it will be about not maintaining situational awareness, multiple FAR violations and failure to recover from an avoidable stall. Everything else is just optics

 

[CX880]

simply being negligent does not get you punative damages. The actions of the crew were found to cause the accident (per the NTSB). One pilot lied on his application and they both failed to follow the training they were given.

you mean like the training they received from SAAB 340 Checkairmen on the Q 400????????

 

[rogerwilcoout]

And then all the Q400s and associated flying would get moved to commutair. Problem solved.

With that being your point of view, all the comair flying should go somewhere else after the Lexington accident, right? Riiiiiiight?

 

[Raoul Duke]

Didn't the Comair flying go to Freedom? Just say'n

 

[Brae123]

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[dingo222]

you mean like the training they received from SAAB 340 Checkairmen on the Q 400????????

they didn't recieve training from 340 check airman on the q400. They had 340 check airman in the q jumpseat doing observations on a compliance crackdown weekend. Just as bad, but let's get that fixed before it snowballs into another turd......