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etiennebausson 3 hours ago

They should be able to recall a plane for a safety flaw. In which case they have to pay for the upgrade themselves.

If the airline doesn't comply afterward, it would be on them.

But they didn't issue a recall, so they wouldn't have to pay for the fix, an over 200 people paid the price instead.

At least, that's how I read the blame distribution.

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ktallett 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Do we want airlines that only put in fixes for safety issues once they are forced to?

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borisBigAi an hour ago | parent | next [-]

This is a real problem with the current FAA setup. The limited amount of legal liability seems like a major problem, even switching from 200k euros to 2 million or 10 million euros as the max penalty per soul would add a minor amount of heft to lawsuits against the airlines and manufacturers.

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WalterBright 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Fixes have to go through the FAA, which can be difficult, bureaucratic and very expensive.

	▲	ktallett 44 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Well yes of course they have to be checked by a regulator, but you should still have the thought of, we must do this, no matter the cost as safety matters above everything else in this industry.