03-26-2008, 09:40 AM
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Military Professional
Join Date: 09-15-06
Location: Penzance, Cornwall UK
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Originally Posted by Blademaster
Glyn,
the good major is permanently grounded because he sustained serious potentially fatal and life-ending, career ending injuries because Boeing engineers or workers failed to perform according to specifications as called for. That's negligence right there.
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Boeing was clearly at fault with non-spec and sub-standard components being used in the assembly. I don't know the extent of the pilots injuries and I would be bloody miffed if it had happened to me. However, all the facts have not been released. As an airline pilot he will almost certainly have been in a union, and thus will have 'Loss of Licence' insurance' which should keep him and any family in comfort. I assume if he is invalided out of the service he will also be entitled to compensation. In the British forces we have our own military legal services branch. They are there to resolve financial as well as legal problems, and I have not heard of a British serviceman sueing the manufacturer of defective equipment. That is not the way things are done here. I'm sure there is more behind his modest claim than meets the eye.
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