I know? it's not a "Major" topic. But, this affects any of us who fly to international, third-world destinations:
"Brazil's Supreme Court recently upheld the conviction of U.S. pilots Joe Lepore and Jan Paul Paladino in the September 2006 midair over the Amazon that brought down a Gol Linhas A?reas 737 with 154 people aboard. Under a legal cooperation treaty, the sentence of three years, one month and 10 days would be served in the U.S. ? Two air traffic controllers who failed to avert the collision received lighter sentences in Brazil's federal and military courts. Despite a request from the Sinop judge for indictment of the controller who issued the clearance that put the Legacy on a collision course, prosecutors failed to move against him."
My understanding is that it was NOT the pilots' fault. It was the Brazilian controllers' fault.
Why is the State Department NOT telling the Brazilians, "Hey, how 'bout this? you're going to put two American pilots in jail for something that wasn't their fault? No problem? we're going to stop buying all those Brazilian jets. Finished. Done."
"Brazil's Supreme Court recently upheld the conviction of U.S. pilots Joe Lepore and Jan Paul Paladino in the September 2006 midair over the Amazon that brought down a Gol Linhas A?reas 737 with 154 people aboard. Under a legal cooperation treaty, the sentence of three years, one month and 10 days would be served in the U.S. ? Two air traffic controllers who failed to avert the collision received lighter sentences in Brazil's federal and military courts. Despite a request from the Sinop judge for indictment of the controller who issued the clearance that put the Legacy on a collision course, prosecutors failed to move against him."
My understanding is that it was NOT the pilots' fault. It was the Brazilian controllers' fault.
Why is the State Department NOT telling the Brazilians, "Hey, how 'bout this? you're going to put two American pilots in jail for something that wasn't their fault? No problem? we're going to stop buying all those Brazilian jets. Finished. Done."
