How is the airline to blame for conspiring to put some birds in the path of one of its aeroplanes? It was more an 'act of God', and I'm sure that even the most fervant of US lawyers would have difficulty getting success there. Considering their god-fearing society, they might think twice, otherwise they might have a direct hit from the next bolt of Bejamin Franklin. Surely the pax should be donating something to the airline cadet training scheme and thanking their lucky stars to have had more than 4000hrs total time at the sharp end.