P000582
Saturday, March 02, 2002 4:35 PM
Litigation
After reading through the comment section I find that many people are unhappy
with the amount of compensation they will receive and threaten to sue the
airlines and many more are unhappy because they feel the government has taken
away any incentive to sue the airlines. I have just one question, sue for
what? For not providing proper security? Realistically, I think it is obvious
that the airlines provided exactly the amount of security the American public
would tolerate prior to 9/11. Think about it, if either United Airlines or
American Airlines had taken it upon themselves to institute the amount of
security now in place people would have screamed bloody murder for the
inconvenience it caused them. The airline would have lost countless amounts
of dollars in business. And, in the end, they would have removed the
security. Think not? Have we returned to curb side checkin? I have nothing
but sympathy for the victims and their families but this "victims
compensation" thing has turned into a fiasco. If your going to compensate
these victims then you better compensate all victims of violent crimes. There
is no difference in a person dying in a terrorists attack and somebody dying
in an armed robbery. There is nothing wrong with helping these people out and
that is what charity is all about but "compensation" for what happened? It's
not right.
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