Shipwreck

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Jimmy

Edit: In light of the pilot in question's rank, I'll retract my comment on a public forum, heh.

glyn

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BenRoethig

Why sue Boeing? The Eagle is 30 years old. Sue congress for getting enough Raptors in the field quick enough to replace them.

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glyn

Tin Man

In my part of the world we would call the Major a "Numbty"!!

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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.

dave lukins

For someone who has lost his flying career and sustained severe injuries $27.000 seems a small amount. Especially when compared to the millions a woman received for spilling a cup of coffee over herself whilst driving her car a few years ago.

Expat Canuck

I could not agree more. If he was suing for millions I would question it but $75,000 is nothing and there certainly was negligence somewhere.

Gun Grape

Its people like the "Good Major" that give the National Guard a bad name.

Maxor

I am mixed on this one, The airplane was not built to specifications and caused a service memeber to be badly injured and an airplane lost thats very bad. It wasn't a signle isolated incident which is even worse. I'm not seeing boeing offering a squadron of new f-15's to make up for the bad one's and he has pretty much been crippled in that he has been unable to resume both his military and civilian flying duties. I don't like him indepenandtly suing boeing but I'm not sure what other recourse he has.

149 out of just under 450 not meeting specs isn't isolated its really really bad quality control. A structural part not being right when I have been seriously punished or fined because I was short 2 turns on one of 2 securing peices of wire on a locked cannon plug inside of a enclosed bay non-functional to the direct flying of an aircraft because something might happen. (also cost the company I worked for a little bit extra money either 2500 or 5000) I forget due to certain numbers of safety violations in our contract even though there were lots of identical cannonplugs elsewhere on the plane that had no safetywire. I'm amazed that the AF isn't going out of their way to get alot of cash back from boeing on this especially considering the way they are fairly finaincially strapped at the moment.

S-2

Why not. It's not the money. He's picked a number that'll get Boeing's attention. They'll spend as much researching and attempting settlement. It's low enough that he doesn't need to settle as much as have his case HEARD.

Right on.

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Expat Canuck

Well said as usual S-2.

Ucar

When soldiers have to make to with defective products, they die. When civilians have to make to with defective products, they sue the company and get settlements to guarantee a lifetime of happiness.

The Major is trying to make his point in a clear and concise way. He is faced with a piece of equipment that can kill him, and he does not think dying that way is the same as dying for his country.

Adux

Somehow I dont think this is the track a military men should take, but i dont understand government apathy towards its servicemen especially since i am an Indian.

Whats with Americans and sueing, that too for stupid reasons and walking away atrocious amount of money, Cup between the legs is a good example. She doesnt have to keep it there in the first place. Bad precedent for the American judicial system.