ANN is instituting a series of prizes, to be awarded every
other month or so for now (and more frequently as time progresses),
to one of the folks who submit news-spy reports and Aero-TV
story suggestions via our news-spy@aero-news.net
email address. The prize program is an impressive program as
each of the chosen awards are of considerable value... the first
being worth well over $500 and being of real interest to every
aviator. As a matter of fact, the first prize to start this
exciting new program is a whopper.
"So... there you have it... no NTSB evidence of an
engine failure, a pilot flying at very low altitude under a low
ceiling and a steep turn to head back to a runway that could not
have been all that easy to find in light of the meteorological
issues, followed by the NTSB's determination of a stall/spin... and
TCM gets to pay $4 million dollars. Is there any doubt as to why
aviation continues to be so expensive and embattled when judgments
like this are rendered with (apparently) little or no
authoritative/supporting evidence? Hmmmmm... "
Source: ANN E-I-C, Jim Campbell's, summary
of a story that puzzled all of us at ANN... where a $4 million
judgment was levied against engine manufacturer Teledyne
Continental Motors despite an NTSB Probab
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