Excel-Jet sues FAA for Sport-Jet crash

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:45:46 -0700, Newps wrote:

WJRFlyBoy wrote:


How so? By Fed do you mean Federal Court? Would not the FAA be liable to
the charge that it is not doing everything possible to prevent such an
accident by usurping an air directive? The jet was cleared for takeoff
behind a Dash-8-200 "in violation of mandatory separation requirements."

We don't even know if that's the case. If the jet took off from the
same place as the Dash 8 then no wake turbulence delay was necessary.

That's the point. There is no true case until there is legal deposition.
Which is why I was asking Robert why he said:

"It will be interesting to see if the fed's grant their request to sue
the FAA."

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On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:06:43 -0800 (PST), Robert M. Gary wrote:

On Nov 30, 3:14 pm, WJRFlyBoy wrote:

How so? By Fed do you mean Federal Court? Would not the FAA be liable to
the charge that it is not doing everything possible to prevent such an
accident by usurping an air directive? The jet was cleared for takeoff
behind a Dash-8-200 "in violation of mandatory separation requirements."

United States Government has sovereign immunity, and you have to seek
permission to take a legal action against an agency

-Robert

True but the precedent for monetary damages being pursued against the FAA
exists. Which gets back to your question, "It will be interesting to see if
the fed's grant their request to sue the FAA."

Is this a DOJ determination?


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