No system is perfect - but some are better
I think the criticism of the French system is a little rich coming from Americans.
Anyone care to discuss the technical merits of the jury decisions in:
The Carnahan case - It was the vacuum pumps fault despite the fact the pump showed no broken vanes. But hey what does the NTSB know.
Silk Air - Sorry it wasn't suicide, just an never seen before set of problems with a pcu. Lets not trouble ourselves over the lack of CVR and FDR data.
The Mid air at Meigs with the radio guy, Bob Grant? - they managed to hang that one on a guy flying Bonzana who had left the pattern due to a gear down problem. It seems he distracted the controllers. We will ignore totally that Mr Grant misreported his position while flying VFR circuits and killed another pilot (Who did not f**K up) as a result.
Its a moot point as no French judge would have made a decision in these cases, as the examining magistrate would never have let theses cases come to court.
I live in America and get to pay for these stupid and wrong jury "feel good" decisions every time I pay my insurance, buy a part or pay my mechanic. Give me three french judges any day of the week.
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