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Is Germanwings Flight 9525[0] the worst case of how this can go terribly badly if these pilots are not treated with kindness and assured of a dignified retireme
by curiousObject 3y ago
Is Germanwings Flight 9525[0] the worst case of how this can go terribly badly if these pilots are not treated with kindness and assured of a dignified retirement?
[0] https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanwings_Flight_9525 https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanwings_Flight_9525
- rhplus 3y agoBy 2017, Lufthansa had paid €75,000 to the family of every victim, as well as €10,000 in pain and suffering compensation to every close relative of a victim. Wow. These compensation amounts seem… incredibly low. Is this some upper limit under German law? I’d have assumed compensation would be in the order of €1m. [*] https://www.keystonelaw.com/keynotes/how-is-compensation-calculated-after-an-aviation-accident https://www.keystonelaw.com/keynotes/how-is-compensation-cal...
- pc86 3y agoThere are probably a handful of incidences like this, and statistically several where this was the truth but we have no way of ever knowing (e.g. MH370). I'm not sure how it could get any worse than this? At the end of the day you will never have a system that will protect you against a homicidal pilot. The closest you can get is requiring two pilots in the cockpit at all times, but if the bigger and stronger of the two wants to kill everyone anyway, there's little stopping them from just trying to kill the other pilot first while the door is locked.