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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 7:50 pm
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Originally Posted by JayPee
Lets be realistic.......there is simply no way on this earth that BA and Boeing are going to let the crash-landing reflect badly on them.

It was always on the cards that his reputation was going to be trashed in order to avoid embarrassment about either design flaw or maintenance problem.

To major corporates, an individual is expendable if it avoids possible class actions.
That horse has left the barn. The design of the aircraft has always been the primary focus as the cause. I do not recall anyone ever saying the pilots turned off the engines. In what way does saying the pilot froze absolve any major corporation of responsibility?

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