Thinking pilot
1. i am a pilot with a major airline
2.it looks like the crew did a fabulous job saving pax.
that said...... pax pay to be SAFELY flown A to B. they were not . they are entitled to compensation from someone . who? let the aaib determine cause.lets not act like we do pax a favour by letting them fly. its a contract and they are the reason we all have a job.
Why are they ENTITLED to compensation?
Am I ENTITLED to compensation when stuck on a motorway because someone had had an accident?
Am I ENTITLED to compensation when I trip over a paving stone that has been moved by illegal parking on the pavement?
The compensation culture due almost totally to the 'no win, no fee' vultures costs EVERY UK citizen thousands of pounds in insurance, tax, council tax etc.
Yes, if there is proven negligence (something that was known, forseen and deliberately ignored)
But there are such things as 'accidents' and every passenger knowingly took a risk by getting onto that flight. Just because something went wrong (and until the AAIB reports I keep an open mind) does not ENTITLE the passengers to compensation.
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