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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:57 am Post subject: Why is it such a bad thing |
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And the lawyers brought this case to some very dumb jurors at christmas time, I bet the statemant " her husband won't be home for the holidays" came up sometime during the trial and those jurors ate it up........
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Quote: | Well the point was that people who are worrying that the award will result
in the end of the airshow in Arlington probably don't have anything to worry
about.
But you knew that, Milt. You knew that.
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Bob,
You are correct, I knew that and do not mean to belittle your opinion. I know from your many posts and the hotline you are an honest open minded individual and would be that way on a jury.
My point is that you are a rarity and most jurors bring a strong bias to the jury room. Doesn't matter what the charge from the judge is when the door is closed the jury does as it pleases.
I am a prime example, were I on the that jury I would enter the court with a mindset of there is no way the eaa or first responders are gonna get burnt and I am certain there would be one or more in the room who subscribe to the deep pocket theory. I think at best the outcome of a trial is slightly biased in the favor of fact and strongly biased in favor of raw emotion, sympathy for surviving family, and prejudice.
I believe this is supported by the 2 extremes of responses to this thread.
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Bob Collins
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:17 am Post subject: Why is it such a bad thing |
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//I personally believe there's something wrong with the system when a person
*can't* assume liability for his own actions.
OK, one more time, this case isn't and wasn't about a pilot not accepting
liability for his own actions. Or believing that if he were to be in a plane
crash, it would be someone else's ... And only someone else's ... Fault.
This pilot died IN a crashed plane. But according to the autopsy, he died
because he burned to death in that plane.
The question is: was there an assumption of responsibility on the part of
the EAA and the fly-in to provide reasonable emergency services, and did
those emergency services provide a reasonable response?
The court and the jury-- and the legal system you don't like -- is NOT
saying that the guy did not die as a result of being in a plane that crashed
or that he didn't assume the risks of that flight.
Where do all the responsibilities lie? You say it lies with the pilot. "Hey,
he went flying and he knew the risks." Well, that may well be true. But why
is it not also legitimate to say to the EAA, "you put on an air show, and
you know the risks of putting on an air show?"
I'll go back to the e-coli outbreak. All of the following could be
considered legitimate. "You shouldn't have eaten at Taco John's. You knew
the risks." "You shouldn't have opened a restaurant. You knew the risks."
"You shouldn't have been in the lettuce distribution business. You knew the
risks." "You should haven't been in the lettuce growing business. You knew
the risks." "You should have washed the cow sh*t off the lettuce before you
sold it. You knew the risks." "You shouldn't have gone in the cattle
raising business. You knew the risks."
We're at an age now where there is a level of dependence upon one another.
Things are such now that the actions of one could impact others.
It was a lot easier when Ma and Pa Kettle lived off the land, but that isn't
the case anymore.
Just as most plane crashes occur because of a series of errors, rather than
just one, people die now for the same reasons.
//Unfortunately, our legal system doesn't agree with me.
Fortunately, our legal system recognizes the criminal nature of the actions
the person who started the thread suggested as an alternative.
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:29 am Post subject: Why is it such a bad thing |
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You know, I'd LOVE to get on a jury sometime. I've been called into the pool
twice (it's like sitting around in homeroom) but never got on a case. So I
don't know.
I have covered some court cases but most of those were criminal murder cases
with all sorts of twists and no happy endings and I remember sitting there
thinking, "man, I'm glad I'm not on THAT jury." But looking back, I think
most of the time they got it right and they sure took a long time to do so.
Bias? Yes, I think most members of a jury have a bias. But then again, I'm
one of the few people in the media who acknowledges that media members have
a bias because humans are a biased lot and we're all human. I think the key
here is whether people in a jury recognize the importance of their setting
aside their initial bias -- while still bringing their expertise to the
process (if they have any) -- to engage in an intelligent process. Whether
they do or don't, I think, varies.
Product liability and liability of actions is a very emotional subject. Like
same-sex marriage, politicians spew all about it when they're running for
office because it's simply told and nobody's ever going to check any facts.
Then they get elected and suddenly they don't talk about it anymore, I
think, because they know it's a little more complex situation than a
campaign stuff speech. Most issues are.
I tend to think that just about everything that can be made to sound simple
actually has more to it.
As you've probably figured out, I think this case has more to it. For
reasons we all agree on, I think, it just HAS to. Because on the surface, it
doesn't make a lot of sense.
Bob
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:08 am Post subject: Why is it such a bad thing |
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I say we stick the lawyers and jurors in an airplane filled with McDonalds coffee and tell them to go fly and teach themselves how to do rolls at low altitude.
Could we please get back to technical discussions, and get the S/N ratio back down to where it ought to be?
Regards,
Bob Japundza
RV-6 flying F1 under const.
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:12 am Post subject: Why is it such a bad thing |
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/07/24/SP1
62388.DTL
Read it and weep! Someone mentioned requiring every participating pilot to sign
a waiver form. According to this judgement, that still could be null and voided.
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A key issue is a standard disclaimer form that participants sign on guided trips
or when accessing private property. The intent of the form is to relieve the
host guide or outdoors company of legal risk should a participant have an
accident of his or her own creation.
Yet in last week's decision, the judge did not recognize the disclaimer form. He
ruled that the injured party was not responsible for her own safety.
start to accept that responsibility for our actions. If a person is skiing and
runs into a tree, and dies from the cold before the ski patrol arrives, the ski
resort is not responsible, read the back of the lift ticket, skiing is an
inherently dangerous sport...yadda, yadda, yadda. Just like flying, if you take
off with the
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:23 am Post subject: Why is it such a bad thing |
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<?xml:namespace prefix="v" /><?xml:namespace prefix="o" /><![endif]--> Te operators of horse riding events have apparently gotten a disclaimer defense to actually work here in Florida. They got the legal protection they deserve because they did the necessary work, paid the appropriate lobbyists, hired the right lawyers, whatever.
We (EAA), on the other hand, were not smart enough to do this.
I think we got the results we deserved. So pay-up sucker B-)
Tracy
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:21 pm Post subject: Why is it such a bad thing |
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On Thu Jan 18 12:07:05 2007, Bob J. wrote :
Quote: | I say we stick the lawyers and jurors in an airplane filled with McDonalds
coffee and tell them to go fly and teach themselves how to do rolls at low
altitude.
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This leaves one question ... what primer should they be spraying on each
other during their roll entry?
-- Dwight
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:53 pm Post subject: Why is it such a bad thing |
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<This pilot died IN a crashed plane. But according to
the autopsy, he died because he burned to death in
that plane.>
And he built the plane KNOWING it was experimental and
that he COULD die in the plane.
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:06 pm Post subject: Why is it such a bad thing |
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Exactly! The plane was experimental. That should be
enough said! He built it and died in it. Don't blame
anyone else! The EAA for fly-in's has no more
responsibility to bring in extra forces than does a
city that has 500 landings and departures a day.
That's like saying we are going to have a city parade,
line the streets with fire trucks...???? We might have
too many people on the road.
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:42 pm Post subject: Why is it such a bad thing |
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<We're at an age now where there is a level of
dependence upon one another. Things are such now that
the actions of one could impact others.>
We are in an age where people do not want to take
responsibility for their own actions.
It's very sad! I'm in favor... FAA new ruling: Build
an experimental aircraft... you're on your own. Kill
yourself, blame yourself put in writing before you can
acquire your airworthy certificate.
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ptrotter
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:43 pm Post subject: Why is it such a bad thing |
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This has been an interesting topic because it can affect all of us through
the insurance premiums we, and the organizations we belong to, pay, so I
thought I would add my $.02 to the discussion.
I agree with Bob Collins in many ways. He is not really taking sides in
this argument, only saying that we should have all the information before we
condemn one side or the other. Most of us not having been witnesses to the
accident and not having been at the trial, we really don't know what
actually happened and why the jury made the decision they did. That being
said, I'll make a few comments.
First, I would like to say that my sympathies are with the family of the
pilot, as I'm sure that most of ours are. If they are reading this
discussion, I hope they realize that we are not attacking them, but rather
the system that allowed this to occur and the unethical lawyers that take
advantage of that system. In fact, I would bet that the family did not
initiate the suit, but were probably approached by a lawyer that convinced
them the even though pilot error caused the crash and resulting death, that
they could sue someone with big insurance policies and collect some money.
That lawyer probably didn't care one bit about the family, only his ability
to get his cut of the award and is probably complaining that he couldn't get
a bigger cut. This is a big problem with our society today. The attitude
of sue everyone in sight regardless of their involvement and/or
responsibility and hope that a jury with sympathize with them and award
money, on the basis that it will be covered by insurance and the defendant
isn't really paying themselves, is a bad thing. Of course these same jurors
will complain bitterly when their insurance premiums go up. I believe that
our judicial systems work pretty well for criminal trials, but in civil
trials like this one, all common sense disappears.
I would also like to propose another argument. Although I don't know many
of the facts, I assume the airport at which this occured is a public use
airport, that the pilot could have flown into at any time. I also assume
that the pilot was not participating in the airshow itself and had just
flown in as a spectator. I also assume that he did not take off during the
waivered period. If these assumptions are correct, then I don't see how
EAA, as the airshow sponser, could be responsible, as they do not control
the airport during non-waivered time, and have no responsibility for airport
operations and services outside of the time the airshow is actually going
on. For all practical purposes, the pilot was simply taking off as he
probably has from many airports. In fact, I don't see how the EAA could be
responsible for providing any airport operation services to non-participants
of the airshow. It could be argued that the airport operator should have
provided better emergency services, but there are very few GA airports that
have the onsite professional emergency services like those that the suit
claims should have been there. If this airshow operated in a manner similar
to the one that I have worked at, then outside of the waivered period,
normal airport operations were in effect as far a flying activities are
concerned. At best,the airshow sponser would be responsible for ensuring
that spectators were kept away from the flight line and could not interfere
with the normal airport operations. If the EAA had inhibited the ability of
the rescue operations that are normally available at that airport to reach
the plane in a reasonable time, then I could see some responsibility on the
EAA's part, but that does not seem to be the case.
This accident was a tragedy, like all accidents that result in injury or
death, but we need to stand up and take responsibility for ourselves and our
actions, and stop trying to blame everyone around us for the results of our
own actions.
Paul Trotter
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Terry Watson
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject: Why is it such a bad thing |
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For what it's worth ... Don didn't build the airplane; he bought it a couple
of weeks before the accident.
Terry
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject: Why is it such a bad thing |
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<" He built it and died in it.">
Sorry I SHOULD have said built it or bought it.
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--- Darrell Reiley <lifeofreiley2003(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
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<lifeofreiley2003(at)yahoo.com>
Exactly! The plane was experimental. That should be
enough said! He built it and died in it. Don't blame
anyone else! The EAA for fly-in's has no more
responsibility to bring in extra forces than does a
city that has 500 landings and departures a day.
That's like saying we are going to have a city
parade,
line the streets with fire trucks...???? We might
have
too many people on the road.
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Gary.A.Sobek
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:04 pm Post subject: Why is it such a bad thing |
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He did NOT build the airplane.
Those of us that were on this list flying our airplanes when this happened,
had a discussion about the airplane having been just purchased and the new
owner's desire for TRANSITION TRAINING.
I remember this accident. I waited at Harvey Airport with my airplane and an
RV-4 that was painted like a John Deere Tractor. The pilot of the RV-4 wore
a John Deere hat while he flew. We were just minutes late arriving at
Arlington. A few minutes sooner and we would have landed right before the
airport closed for the air show. I saw video of the accident scene from a
news hello while eating dinner at Harvey. The RV-4 I was flying with did not
have a transponder and we used my transponder operating as a FLIGHT of two
under the Bravo airspace.
Gary A. Sobek
"My Sanity" RV-6 N157GS O-320 Hartzell,
1,976 + Flying Hours So. CA, USA
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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:52:29 -0800 (PST)
And he built the plane KNOWING it was experimental and
that he COULD die in the plane.
Darrell Reiley
RV7A QB Slider "Reiley Rocket"
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject: Why is it such a bad thing |
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He did not build it, rather he bought it and only had been flying it for
two weeks...
Dan
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Bob Collins
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject: Why is it such a bad thing |
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You know, I was reading the ComAir report today. One of the pilots, in
violation of the bottle to throttle rule, had a couple of drinks at dinner
the night before. Then, in their sleepiness, they got on the wrong runway
and ...well, you know the rest. The tower apparently wasn't paying
attention, the pilots obviously didn't know what they were doing (and also
violated the sterile cockpit rule) and the people in the back who burned
death in the wreckage? Screw 'em. They knew a plane crash was a possibility.
Bottoms up, boys!
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Bob Collins
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject: Re: Why is it such a bad thing |
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ptrotter wrote: | I also assume
that the pilot was not participating in the airshow itself and had just
flown in as a spectator. I also assume that he did not take off during the
waivered period. If these assumptions are correct, then I don't see how
EAA, as the airshow sponser, could be responsible, as they do not control
the airport during non-waivered time, and have no responsibility for airport
operations and services outside of the time the airshow is actually going
on. For all practical purposes, the pilot was simply taking off as he
probably has from many airports. In fact, I don't see how the EAA could be
responsible for providing any airport operation services to non-participants
of the airshow. |
Quite possibly the most cogent argument I've heard... anywhere.... ever.... about anything.
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject: Why is it such a bad thing |
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I truly hope the family and the lawyers are reading
this thread. It's truly a sad day for them. For the
scum bag lawyers that promote this type of suit, I
have no sympathy! Their day will come. For the family,
I'm saddened for their loss and deeply saddened they
could bring themselves down to this level judicial
abuse.
Darrell
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Well said Mark, and trust me the family and lawyers
are reading this. I
was there, but well not comment on what I did or did
not see because
I have had lawyers call me from reading this list
before. As I recall
some of our own RV family tried desperately
to help Don but were unable to because of the fire,
It was a very sad
day and for anyone that was not a witness to be
commenting on what happened
without knowing the facts is total BS. IMO
Jerry
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Mark Sletten wrote:
> This argument continues to chase its own tail…
>
> Tim Bryan said:
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> “I have a hard time believing that any of it will
sway me to believe
> someone else is responsible for his accident. Even
if the emergencies
> services didn't show up at all. Had they caused
the crash and then
> didn't respond accordingly to attempt to make
their wrong right it
> would be different. But… They didn't. Instead they
showed up and made
> every attempt short of getting someone else hurt
to do what they are
> trained to do.”
>
> What Bob has asked is “How do you know?” How do
you know what the
> responding EMS personnel did Tim? Were you there?
If you were, are you
> a trained EMS responder? Do you know what the
standard is for response
> time and actions?
>
> Those who continue to offer “facts” to this list
to further their
> arguments have obviously lost the ability to
discern the difference
> between fact and opinion. Most have only read
about the story here on
> this list, yet speak as though there is no chance
their view of the
> situation might be skewed. I remember my old
gaffer telling me as a
> young lad (kindergarten I believe) “There are at
least two sides to
> every story.”
>
> Beyond my stupefaction with that, I find it
personally distressing
> that members of a community with which I identify
myself are calling
> for violent action against a family who used to be
a member of that
> community – even if the call to violence is only
figurative. Let’s
> assume for a moment (shouldn’t be much of a
problem considering all
> the assumption going around) that there IS more to
this case than
> we’ve read here on the list, and those calling to
“hang the family”
> are doing so from a position of ignorance. What if
a member of that
> family were reading your vitriol? I wince
(literally, not
> figuratively) at that thought…
>
> Aside from that, the closed minds and
self-righteousness only gives
> those you abhor (greed lawyers) further
ammunition. I’m sure any
> competent lawyer reading through this thread would
laugh at how
> “stupid” we are…
>
> DO NOT ARCHIVE
>
> Mark Sletten
>
>
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Bob Collins
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject: Re: Why is it such a bad thing |
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lifeofreiley2003(at)yahoo wrote: |
We are in an age where people do not want to take
responsibility for their own actions.
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I had a guy once tell me exactly this, and then lapsed into a rant about how much child support he was paying. I still shake my head when I think about it. I finally said to him, "Ben, you took vows to be married in sickness and health, and then you agreed to have a child together, and then -- and it doesn't matter why, an action is an action -- and you not only didn't take responsibility by not providing a family for him on a fulltime basis, you're whining about how much you have to pay in order to support him and the woman you left behind to raise him."
The irony of it all was funny. But that's about all that was.
So maybe you're right. Nobody accepts responsibility for their actions.
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject: Why is it such a bad thing |
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Maybe the families should sue the FAA tower employees,
the fire department for a slow response, the diner
that served the pilots the night before too...?
Darrell
--- Bob Collins <bcollinsrv7a(at)comcast.net> wrote:
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You know, I was reading the ComAir report today. One
of the pilots, in
violation of the bottle to throttle rule, had a
couple of drinks at dinner
the night before. Then, in their sleepiness, they
got on the wrong runway
and ...well, you know the rest. The tower apparently
wasn't paying
attention, the pilots obviously didn't know what
they were doing (and also
violated the sterile cockpit rule) and the people in
the back who burned
death in the wreckage? Screw 'em. They knew a plane
crash was a possibility.
Bottoms up, boys!
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