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Old May 20, 2008 | 8:15 am
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Originally Posted by gosha83
Plus I would assume that if the pax died on board because the airline failed to divert, they would get their pants sued off, along with the damaged PR.
That would cause much more monetary damage than the ~$100k that was quoted in the CO thread. Even if that $100k is high, it pales in comparsion to what just defending themselves would cost for years in litigation, let alone what a settlement is.
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