Acting in good faith
Hi Nick,
acting in good faith implies that a person does the work that can be reasonably expected of them. I would suggest that if the work had to be supervised by a licensed engineer, the reasonable assumption would be that the supervision invovled more than just a look through a peep hole after all the work had been completed.
While i would agree that a distinction exists between the intent to do harm, and harm caused as a consequence of negligence, this accident appears to have been the direct result of procedures not being properly followed. Surely this makes the set of circumstances that lead to a death more than a mere "mistake", and that is why criminal charges have been brought?
I don't think this is any kind of call for vengence, and i would argue that cases like these - or indeed against pilots when they are found to be grossly negligent - do indeed "further the safety that we all seek"
Andy
Ps, i would agree that lawyers should be held accountable as well!