Icebound wrote in message ble.rogers.com...
James M. Knox wrote:
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Probably the fact that the NTSB conclusions can not be admitted to court
for the lawsuit. ...

Does this mean, that to produce a complete defense, the FAA would have
to, in effect, re-create the NTSB investigation for the court???
Calling in the mechanical inspectors, controllers, ground witnesses,
etc., all over again???

Essentially, yes; where the investigators, witnesses, etc can be cross
examined, and their conclusions examined under stricter standards.