Dont waste your spit (finger nails)
Dear All,
In view of the length that the AF447 thread(s) are reaching, I'm afraid that most of us who care about aviation will have to face the cold reality:
1- The blame will be pinned on the crew (because irrespective of what truly took place, dead guys cant defend themselves).
2- AF will make some amendments to its crew training (to try to prevent this from happening again, and mostly to save face).
3-AB will not be held liable, but will make a few software changes in the background (because doing otherwise would be an admission of guilt).
4-The next of kin will get much less compensation than they deserve (because they don't have AB's and AF's deep pockets and cant afford a hire lobbyists and politicians).
5-The bean counters will consider that accidents such as this one constitute an "acceptable risk" and the whole thing will be filed under the "cost of doing business" category.
6-Back to business as usual and if something like this were to happen again, then something will be done about it but only if it is cheaper than paying compensation/lawyers/politicians/lobbyists/legal fees/courts etc. and the dead will fade into statistical anonymity.
There's my two cents worth.
Regards;