cncpc wrote:I'm not sure there are vultures circling in the First Air crash. It is worth noting that this was a legal, not chisel, charter, and the airplane still crashed.
Have you not heard of the lawsuits which have been filed, even before the report is released? The TSB has yet to state what the causes of the First Air accident were, other than being some kind of CFIT, but that hasn't stopped the lawyers. It doesn't matter what the cause is to them; if anything negligent was done even in the proximity of the accident, they think they can get damages. For example, several of the victims' families have filed a suit against the Canadian Forces; the CF didn't fly the plane into the hillside, but because they were in Resolute at the time the legal team thinks they can argue that the CF was negligent by
not preventing the accident.
Even if the pilot of the PA-30 wasn't illegally operating a charter, if she did anything that wasn't completely above board she could potentially be facing a lawsuit. Didn't check the oil? Lawsuit. Made a mistake on the weight and balance? Lawsuit. The lawyers don't even have to win the suit, because they collect their fees from their clients either way. It doesn't matter if it directly contributed to the accident; as long as something wrong was done in or around the flight, the lawyers see profit to be made.