I’d contest the airlines would not act as you suggest:
1) they’d believe they can get away with it.
2) it wouldn’t be the end of the airline. Large fine, negotiated down, cost of doing business.
Even if people died, would the fine be that huge? I can’t find numbers for past incidents, but somewhere in my memory I have $2m for wrongful death. 300/4 * 2m = 150m. Is that way off? BA just got fined 230m for a data breach...
1) they’d believe they can get away with it.
2) it wouldn’t be the end of the airline. Large fine, negotiated down, cost of doing business.
Even if people died, would the fine be that huge? I can’t find numbers for past incidents, but somewhere in my memory I have $2m for wrongful death. 300/4 * 2m = 150m. Is that way off? BA just got fined 230m for a data breach...