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Old 20th Jan 2012, 09:56
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Criminal conduct - things will actually happen

Interesting that professional pilots are talking about criminal actions here. The perceived wisdom is that criminal sanctions are counter productive to air safety and a safety culture (vs blame culture).

Do you recall the Lebanese Criminal Court last year convicting the Directors of a West African Operator for a Boeing 727 crash that killed a number of Lebanese nationals? 20 years jail time with hard labour... for the individuals and criminal compensation of US$500k to each of the families (over and above any civil compensation).

Given that 50+ Lebanese families lost their loved ones on this flight, I would expect there is sufficient national interest to commence a criminal case against the Airline and its management. Watch this space.
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