Family Sues FAA For Not "Babysitting" Pilot On IMC Approach

[GravityHater]

Anyone know where you can find out if this has already gone to court or what the outcome of the case was?

pretty sure this is not the right case but in this one the FAA took 65% of the fall:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=27790

 

[ToiletDuck]

They won't get anything out of it. The pilot accepts all responsibility when asking for that approach in the first place. Once cleared the pilot is on his own. If it was the responsibility of ATC they would walk in every aircraft. They put the instruments in the planes for a reason. What about all those airports with inst. approaches but no tower so you're then handed over to CTAF?

 

[Lrjtcaptain]

What a load of crap. There is no way any court will find the FAA responsible. We have limitations on our equipement. For example....The approach control radar systems refresh rates are nice, but not instant. The mode/c encoding can be off + or - 300 ft, if he was a quarter mile from the airport when he crashed, that meant he was only between 200 and 400 ft off the glideslope. No way in hell a controller would have seen that. Looks like he wasn't as hardcore as his family says.

 

[minitour]

What a load of crap.

Word...if I'm the PIC and my name is on the flight plan, I'm the one responsible. If I ball it up, it's my fault not the autopilot's, not the GPSs, not the VORs not the approach controller that gave me an intercept at the marker..why? Because I (the pilot) made the decision to fly that approach.

But it's the American way...let's just sue everyone.

Next time a fat person sues McDonald's, I'm gonna sue the fat person for eating all the fries and making me have to wait in line at the drive thru for new fries to be made so I was late to work and missed out on $1.50 for the five minutes I was late. It's all crap!

 

[ToiletDuck]

But it's the American way...let's just sue everyone

I'm American and you've offended me with your stereotyping... You'll be hearing from my lawyer. As i'm entitled.

 

[minitour]

I'm American and you've offended me with your stereotyping... You'll be hearing from my lawyer. As i'm entitled.

Well I'm American and I'm offended that you're offended at my stereotyping so...there!

-mini

 

[ToiletDuck]

Well I'm American and I'm offended that you're offended at my stereotyping so...there!

-mini

Clever.... I'll give you that.