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Old Mar 25, 2013 | 12:41 pm
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Originally Posted by MSchott
Why? Is it his job to inspect all installations? He may be thrown out with the bathwater but I don't see how he has any fault here unless he was somehow negligent.

Otherwise this is such a tragic situation that I cannot fathom the pain the parents are dealing with. Awful!
You are darn right the buck stops here

It is his job to hire competent employees, manage them etc... that includes contractors as well. Is there a scenario where he (she) is not at fault, maybe, but you would have to show me that and it better be black and white clear that it wasn't the airport managers fault.

the captain goes down with the ship. Look at the CEO's that have taken falls for something that went wrong in the company when you know that CEO really didn't know what was going on.
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