United claims Goose strike, Passenger sues because 'they're lying.'
Jan 24, 2019, 10:13 am
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Jan 24, 2019, 10:17 am
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Instead, he wants to hold United accountable and is seeking “fair compensation” for his bodily injury and severe emotional distress as a result of the “brush with death.”
Jan 24, 2019, 10:19 am
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Jan 24, 2019, 10:37 am
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Maybe the snowflake plaintiff gets sucked into a toilet and can claim emotional distress, blaming American Standard. Actually I hope he walks into a pole while texting and sues Apple for allowing him to be distracted.
UA isn't perfect, nobody is, but I've never met a pilot that would invent something in some grand coverup.
UA isn't perfect, nobody is, but I've never met a pilot that would invent something in some grand coverup.
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Jan 24, 2019, 10:37 am
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Jan 24, 2019, 10:49 am
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IANAL but in generally the USA court system doesn't award damages based on potential risks along the lines of "we could have died". I would think that what an individual can get for being held on board rather than deplaned in Goose Bay would be small, especially since the UA CoC has a disclaimer about incidental damages such as "I could have made a million dollar deal if only I had been allowed into the terminal."
Wouldn't the big issue for UA be how the incident was reported to the FAA? If it really was a maintenance failure that caused the problem (specifically routine or nonroutine maintenance being improperly performed) and UA blaimed it on a bird to avoid penalities or additional inspections, this could be huge (but not lead to a big payout for the plaintiff).
Wouldn't the big issue for UA be how the incident was reported to the FAA? If it really was a maintenance failure that caused the problem (specifically routine or nonroutine maintenance being improperly performed) and UA blaimed it on a bird to avoid penalities or additional inspections, this could be huge (but not lead to a big payout for the plaintiff).
Jan 24, 2019, 11:49 am
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:FWIW, I am referring to the unattributed allegation that it was from:
Instead, they believe the incident was a result of a United mechanic over-torqueing the bolts of the cockpit window
Jan 24, 2019, 12:07 pm
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Jan 24, 2019, 12:17 pm
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Two things come to mind: first, in exchange for this lawsuit and potentially no, or trivial, damages, presumably the Plaintiff will be kicked out of MP, losing his MM status and any RDMs he may have.
Second, I thought the three hour tarmac rule doesn’t apply outside the USA.
Second, I thought the three hour tarmac rule doesn’t apply outside the USA.
Jan 24, 2019, 12:22 pm
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Two things come to mind: first, in exchange for this lawsuit and potentially no, or trivial, damages, presumably the Plaintiff will be kicked out of MP, losing his MM status and any RDMs he may have.
Second, I thought the three hour tarmac rule doesn’t apply outside the USA.
Second, I thought the three hour tarmac rule doesn’t apply outside the USA.
U.S. carriers operating international flights departing from or arriving in the United States must specify, in advance, their own time limits for deplaning passengers
Jan 24, 2019, 12:25 pm
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Jan 24, 2019, 12:26 pm
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Some (many?) would interpret the million miles as evidence in support of your initial assumption.
Jan 24, 2019, 12:26 pm
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I did not see a record of a bird strike in the FAA database: https://wildlife.faa.gov/databaseSearch.aspx
Doesn't mean it didn't happen, as it is a voluntary system. UAL is a pretty good reporter though, having had 503 reports attributed to it in 2018.
Doesn't mean it didn't happen, as it is a voluntary system. UAL is a pretty good reporter though, having had 503 reports attributed to it in 2018.