American pilots charged in Amazon jetliner crash

Robert M. Gary wrote:
Greg Farris wrote:
I don't know how things work in Brazil.
It could be similar to Europe, where a full investigation of the accident
cannot be completed without naming purported "perpetrators" and subjecting them
to a criminal investigation. The fact that the two pilots are named as
defendants does not preclude the naming of the air traffic controlers as well.

One possible weakness of such a method is that it puts a very strong emphasis
on the importance of human imperfections, while leaving little place for the
argument that a system design weakness may be equally to blame, if not more so.

I agree the US pilots would be crazy to EVER go back there - This would even
seem to be implicit in the fact that they were allowed to leave!!

Its not unheard of for U.S. Marshalls to arrest a U.S. citizen in the
U.S. to stand for a warrent in a foreign country....
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/09/14/dog.bounty/index.html
U.S. treaties allow for foreign countries to issue arrest warrents for
U.S. citizens in the U.S..

-Robert


Yes but a US court and the Secretary of State will decide in the bounty
hunter case if he is extradited. The same would happen in the case of
the pilots.

Remember they agreed to return.



"601XL Builder" wrDOTgiacona@coxDOTnet wrote in message
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| Robert M. Gary wrote:
| Greg Farris wrote:
| I don't know how things work in Brazil.
| It could be similar to Europe, where a full
investigation of the accident
| cannot be completed without naming purported
"perpetrators" and subjecting them
| to a criminal investigation. The fact that the two
pilots are named as
| defendants does not preclude the naming of the air
traffic controlers as well.
|
| One possible weakness of such a method is that it puts
a very strong emphasis
| on the importance of human imperfections, while leaving
little place for the
| argument that a system design weakness may be equally
to blame, if not more so.
|
| I agree the US pilots would be crazy to EVER go back
there - This would even
| seem to be implicit in the fact that they were allowed
to leave!!
|
| Its not unheard of for U.S. Marshalls to arrest a U.S.
citizen in the
| U.S. to stand for a warrent in a foreign country....
| http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/09/14/dog.bounty/index.html
| U.S. treaties allow for foreign countries to issue
arrest warrents for
| U.S. citizens in the U.S..
|
| -Robert
|
|
| Yes but a US court and the Secretary of State will decide
in the bounty
| hunter case if he is extradited. The same would happen in
the case of
| the pilots.

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
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Remember they agreed to return.


I would have as well. And it would take a US federal judge and the Sec State
to make me go back. I think that any US court would accept that that
agreement was given under duress.