"C. Massey" wrote in message news:xIM8g.15858

If the two pilots "failed to heed commands", I don't understand how the
FAA and the promoter can be at fault. I realize the word "contributed" was
used, but the way the article reads, it sounds like pilot error.

Of course it was, predominantly. As the pilot, you just have to pay
attention. Its that simple. I'm sure the Fed and the event insuror settled
because it was cheaper and lower risk than going to trial, where a weeping
widow giving testimony would make short shrift of objective legal analysis.