Lawyers and machinery, a fictional account.
RR: It was just a stub pipe. It’s fixed, you’re good to go.
Q: Wait a minute. You see our lawyers have said we have to be sure that everything’s ok before we fly again.
RR: It is. Have a nice flight.
Q: Yeah but, the thing is, we grounded the whole fleet you see.
RR: You did what?!
Q: Well, you know, we need to know it’s safe to fly. The lawyers say we gotta know stuff.
RR: What stuff?
Q: About the A, the B and the C mods. Component life times and all that.
RR: Yeah, well, we can’t go into details but we fixed that ages ago. The fleet gets gradually upgraded as we go. Don’t worry about it. Have a nice flight!
Q: Yeah, but, you see, the lawyers are telling us, well, they’re not quite sure why we grounded the fleet, and now we need reasons for doing that and more reasons for flying again.
RR: Right. Erm. Ok, have a nice flight!
Q: Uh!
RR: I’m not sure we can help you with that one sport.
Q: Well, you know, it’s the lawyers; you gotta help us out here.
RR: Look here old fruit, we’ve got lawyers too. It’s like this. It’s a standard defence. You sue us, we shut up. Have a nice flight.
Q: Gulp! ……………. Fire up the engines!