"T o d d P a t t i s t" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote:

what killed the very heart
of what once made up American general aviation, was the American lawyer!

For every lawsuit against an aircraft manufacturer, there's at least one
lawyer on the side of the manufacturer and one on the side of the person
claiming the aircraft was defective because it didn't have a perfect
anti-crash doodad installed.

But how does the person claiming a defect come to know or believe there's a
defect? Funny thing how lawsuits don't get filed *before* someone hires an
attorney.

As far as the lawyers go, it's the only part of the process that's
reasonably balanced. The final decision usually comes down to the jury or
the judge or the laws they
applied. If we don't like the decisions we're getting, it strikes me that
going after the only balanced part doesn't make much sense. I'm more
inclined to blame stupid juries than anyone else.

Then you have Melvin Beli who, when accused of being an Ambulance Chaser, is
said to have responded: "I am NOT an ambulance chaser...I get there BEFORE
the ambulance."

I tend to agree more with Dudley's sentiment simply because it seems no one
is even *allowed* to have any personal responsability anymore. The buzz
phrase used to be "pilot error" but now lawyers and legislators won't allow
that to suffice. Reminds me of the story abouit Mr and Mrs Smith who went
to see their son Johnny graduate from boot camp. They notice that Johnny is
on his right foot when everyone else in the platoon is on their left and
vice versa. Proudly, Mrs Smith says to Mr Smith: "Look honey, everyone's
out of step but Johnny...!"

Fly into IMC? Run it dry? Attempt to land below minimums? Stall/Spin
after a buzz job? Not my Johnny!!! Must be the fault of those evil
corporations that built Johnny's airplane!

Jay B