Once again, you are going on about the St. Catherines Flying Club. I have already said that I am not defending(or accusing) when it comes to their actions. So your evidence is what it is and that is fine.rookiepilot wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 2:56 pmPhotofly and I have presented evidence proving it was an instructional flight,which requires proper supervision of the class 4 PIC. Student was in the left seat.pelmet wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 1:34 pm
As for St. Catherines Flying Club being responsible(or partially responsible) for their accident...no idea at this point. As for the FAA, and the manufacturer of the vacuum pumps in the PA-28 accident in the US who appear in my eyes to be victims of a frivolous lawsuit(based on my interpretation of the final report by the NTSB), perhaps they will countersue. I would if I were named and not responsible.
However, once again....if you have any evidence to the contrary, please post it....and I will potentially change my opinion.
It's open and shut in a courtroom, unless the club could prove it was a personal trip by the instructor, paying all the bills, carrying 2 students of his, and coincident with 4 other aircraft, something you have argued without a shred of evidence.
And if it was, it was an illegal flight as the pilot was out of night currency. Cars violation. Any waiver the passengers signed would be voided. It's willful misconduct and there isn't immunity.
You want to present that argument to a judge, and then countersue the parents? You'd get slaughtered in court, and probably get a vicious tongue lashing from the judge, too.
You can't countersue someone blindly for damages because you don't like what they are doing. You had better have a good legal reason. No lawyer would be stupid enough to take that case.
This is different and one of those times. Book should be thrown at those responsible, and that isn't the 2 teenage students.
You keep saying that the book should be thrown at those responsible. Tell me why the FAA and the vacuum pump manufacturer are being sued. And do you still feel that the owners(ie members of the flying club) should be put into bankruptcy. I don't mind getting a vicious tongue-lashing from a judge if I was able to piss off a greedy family trying to sue me for something I was not responsible for.