> There are a lot of reasons to think the execs who made the decision were stupid--and yes, it's easier with hindsight. But the reflexive "they should have been

> There are a lot of reasons to think the execs who made the decision were stupid--and yes, it's easier with hindsight. But the reflexive "they should have been sued" or even tossed in jail you get here for a lot of things gets pretty dangerous and can very easily be extended to engineers who make a mistake. Who's saying that engineers should be thrown in jail for making a mistake? I'm saying that there's reason to believe that maybe Hertz's leadership didn't do their jobs. Lawsuits for that kind of thing are filed all. The. Time. in this country. If we're here to create value for shareholders by any legal means, and they don't do that, well... the monetary loss and resulting lawsuit is the risk that justifies the insane amount of money people in that level of the company make. Who knows, maybe the suit would be tossed. If they don't want to deal with that, maybe a nice six-figure and full benefits compensation package would be more their speed.