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Can't blame the guy, the only reason he got sued is because he has money.

Another thing that is possibly part of this is that people feel the need to lay blame for everything, they can't just accept that someone died and that's that.

It's tough to lose a loved one but no amount of money will bring them back and blaming the guy that bankrolled the operation seems a little weird to me. The pilot was responsible, he should have known the limits of his license. But the pilot is dead and probably was penniless anyway so the blame gets shifted to the nearest entity with money.

In the end, the people that will win are the lawyers, everybody else just loses, even if they get some money they've still lost, for all the time that they could spend to heal they kept the wound wide open.




The guy who sets up the flight school, collects the money, and hires an unqualified instructor bears no responsibility for the outcome?


Responsibility = criminal matter.

This should not be about the money at all.




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