With many questions to be answered. Passengers sue Hawaiian Airlines as being responsible for the turbulence mass injury event.
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With many questions to be answered. Passengers sue Hawaiian Airlines as being responsible for the turbulence mass injury event.
According to the lawyers (bless their hearts), their clients needed to be treated like children. In my mind, if you’re injured on a flight because of turbulence, the fault is on you if you’re not wearing the seatbelt (regardless if the belt light is on or off). The only exceptions are the flight attendants and those who are walking to the restroom (assuming the light is off). If the pilots aren’t warned by the weather service or other, nearby aircraft, I don’t see the airline being responsible. Bottom line…don’t be a dummy. Stay in your seat and stay belted in regardless if the seatbelt light is on or off. It’s kind of like in your car. If it’s moving, you should be wearing your seatbelt.
Good point. Like you said it’s like your car. If it’s moving you should be in your seatbelt.
Yes. “Bless their hearts!”
Stupid people who don’t follow the rules are looking for a fast buck. One way to cut these money grabbing lawsuits is if the court decides against the suit, the lawyer filing it has to pay any and all costs to all parties. Once this happens a few times, I think you will see a great reduction in cases.
Hi guys! Again, thank you for your hard work and excellent reporting. Now, on to the current story. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a zillion times. I’m usually talking about ignorant people that go to Queens Bath, or hike the trail and then find themselves in life-threatening situations. This Is Not Disneyland. You can’t stop the ride when you want to get off. In this case, it’s an airplane, way up high in the air. Wear your d*mn seatbelt at all times! Turbulence happens. Is it the airlines’ fault if you’re too daft to keep the belt on? Please, people, use some common sense and take responsibility for your own actions. Okay, I’m coming down from my soap box. Can somebody help me? 😉
I’m feeling your pain! Personal responsibility is so old fashion nowadays.
I have ZERO compassion for those injured after the seatbelt sign has been illuminated. I do have compassion and feel bad for the flight attendants that were injured during this incident since they have to be up to guarantee passengers are safely buckled in. If you don’t sit down and remain seated under a seatbelt when advised, I have zero compassion for them and anything that happens to you at that point is ‘on you’. Amazingly enough, those that were buckled in didn’t find their heads embedded in the ceiling. C’mon folks, let’s get a brain. We’re supposed to smarter than this.
Where are those beautiful white Maston Liners when ya need them? My brother did a 12 day trip to HI from San Francisco on the SS Lurline around 1968, I fee range on the ship for a hour before they sailed, was really neat experience.
Money grab. Just read the ignorant questions raised by the money-grabbing attorney.
Change the flight path?
You don’t see turbulence in advance like a storm. You can’t fly around it like a storm cloud etc.
Also, the attorney said they were not told to fasten seatbelts in advance.
Another lie. A lot of passengers said they were told 30 minutes out but many did not fasten their seat belts
Just a pathetic money grab by those who did not follow directions. Seen it many times flying
As a pilot I say let it playout I want to know if there was some negligence on Hawaiians part.
You only have to look the 737 MAX accidents to understand that getting to the bottom of these incidents will make it safer for all of us to fly.
Good thing I will not be on the jury. I have not been on one flight that didn’t warn of turbulence at any time and to keep your seatbelts on. Understandable when using the restroom but return to your seat and strap back in. Common sense, otherwise you take injuries into your own hands. Just my feelings on this lawsuit. In saying this, I truly am sorry people were injured. Sadly turbulence is turbulent. Note: I hate flying.
Flight attendant here. We are “informers not enforcers” because we cant physically stop every passenger from doing what they want to do. When the seatbelt sign is turned on we make an announcement that the seatbelt sign is now on and to please remain seated with your seatbelt securely fastened. If someone gets up to go the lavatory or to get something out of the overhead bin, we are required to make a reminder announcement that the fasten seatbelt sign is still on and for everyone’s safety the captain has asked us to remain seated with our seatbelts securely fastened until he turns it off. That is what is required by the FAA because they know people will do what they want. All we are required to do is warn them. The rest is on them. Thanks!
Most every flight I’ve been on in recent years there is an announcement that you should keep your seat belt fastened even when the seat belt sign is off. There is a reason for this, and this is it.
All it takes is a land shark that is looking for a huge payout because the assumption is that if a company is sued they would rather settle than go to trial. William Shakespeare definitely had it correct when he spoke about what to first do with lawyers!
This is why we see so many advertisements on TV and huge billboards about suing trucking companies, cuz they know the required dollar insurance amounts the companies have to carry to be in operation.