Some of you may remember the JetBlue captain, Clayton Osbon, who "lost it" on a flight from New York to Las Vegas three years ago. Via Reuters: "Osbon began running through the aisles, ranting about religion and terrorism and making comments such as "We're not going to Vegas" and "You'd better start praying now!" Passengers…
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Maybe he had another new complex partial brain seizure that made him decide to file the lawsuit?
Perhaps I'm more disgusted by this due to the timing in relation to the Germanwings tragedy or maybe its the amount he's suing for. It seems excessive. I also am curious to hear from a doctor as to whether he'd be too impaired to be aware of the fact that he felt "off" and couldn't tell someone that he didn't think he should be flying. There is such a thing as personal accountability. And for that matter, I don't think he can blame JetBlue for the embarrassment. He may as well sue anyone who recorded the incident on their cell phones for embarrassment too.
Not surprised at all. In this country people sue anyone for anything. If you are alive you can be sued. Well, some will sue you even after you die. Love how things work here 🙂
This is exactly what's wrong with Amerika today...
I pray the judge throws this one out. B6 shouldn't even have to spend $1 in legal fees on something this ridiculous.
Wow. I represent management in employment cases, so I'm used to seeing "interesting" lawsuits from employees. But this is beyond the beyond.
@alex: by the time a judge throw the case away B6 would have already spend quite a bit
@db: You are very much correct. I just hope their insurance carrier doesn't settle with the pilot's attorneys out-of-court to avoid a trial. Cheaper, but the whole idea of it in this case just rubs me the wrong way.
Opportunistic. Obviously not suffering a "partial brain seizure" -- whatever the hell that is; I think I have one several times a day 🙂 ) -- when he filed this lawsuit. He seems to be able to read/watch the news and come to the conclusion that, yup, NOW's the time to call his lawyer.
Of course, this would open the floodgates for any passenger who ever flew on one of his flights to file their own lawsuit in his litigation-crazed country.
Meantime, I sincerely offer him my condolences if he is actually suffering mental issues,