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And you would be upset at the company or airport or whoever's job it is to not realize that launching two planes so close would leave the pilot no room to maneuver when a big flock of migrating geese come through.
nevermind if this is the case then the airline was at fault and deserves to be sued
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United States22883 Posts
On February 03 2009 00:16 Oystein wrote:Show nested quote +On February 03 2009 00:09 Amber[LighT] wrote: i'd personally want more than $8000 dollars and upgrades for a year. I wouldn't fly for over a year if this happened to me, and until it happens to you, you will not know how traumatic something like this actually is.
How many people on this board have actually been in a crash quite like the one last month. Lets not forget they crashed into a freezing hudson river, it's not like their luggage came out of the plane all perfect. Though it was the birds fault you are not going to take birds to court... So lets say a bird crashes into your windshield when your driving your car, and you drive out of the rode and into a river and survive, your gonna go around suing the people who sold you the car or someone else just cuz you are having troubles from it afterward?? That could be traumatic also but you cant go around demanding money just because your life dont run perfect, shit happens in life and its dangerous to live. If you sign a contract for safe transportation and it isn't met, then yes it's totally acceptable. You don't write a contract with yourself when you go driving, but if you hired a limo service and it happened, you probably could.
I also like the morons writing "typical Americans," whose posts none of us actually recognize, probably because they've never said anything worth reading before.
3 people out of 150 are complaining. You're extrapolating >50% of Americans are like this, because 2% of a plane flight is upset. Way to go, retards.
EDIT: And you're citing information based on a NY Post article. Again, fail.
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On February 03 2009 00:24 Oystein wrote:Show nested quote +On February 03 2009 00:19 Cloud wrote:On February 03 2009 00:16 Oystein wrote:On February 03 2009 00:09 Amber[LighT] wrote: i'd personally want more than $8000 dollars and upgrades for a year. I wouldn't fly for over a year if this happened to me, and until it happens to you, you will not know how traumatic something like this actually is.
How many people on this board have actually been in a crash quite like the one last month. Lets not forget they crashed into a freezing hudson river, it's not like their luggage came out of the plane all perfect. Though it was the birds fault you are not going to take birds to court... So lets say a bird crashes into your windshield when your driving your car, and you drive out of the rode and into a river and survive, your gonna go around suing the people who sold you the car or someone else just cuz you are having troubles from it afterward?? That could be traumatic also but you cant go around demanding money just because your life dont run perfect, shit happens in life and its dangerous to live. If you were in a bus, you would sue the company from where you bought the ticket. If you are alone on your own car, theres no one to sue. As long as it was a bird that caused the accident and it was an isolated accident. wtf kind of fucked up mentality is that? It would not be the bus companies fault a fucking bird flies into the bus... They should put up "unforeseen shit happens disclaimers" and all of you who expects money if something crazy happens can start walking around if you aint happy with it. You cant expect compensation for unforeseen things none have control over... edit : From the company im talking about, compensation from insurance companies or the government if you are serious injured is something else. If they are guaranteeing your safety, they cant shield behind some "unforeseen shit happened" argument. No matter how ridiculous you try to make your examples, most can be predicted with a pretty good timeline, for example, bird crashing into your windshield will be more common when their mating season begins, so there should be a sign to drive fucking slower.
Also, its not some fucked up mentality, maybe you who are in your ~20 years may react totally rational, decide its no ones fault. But some 60 year old wont react the same, some 40 year old woman with a 10 year old child will definitely not react the same.
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Iv also noticed that its only north Americans who think suing the company is the right thing to do in this thread. The rest of the world seems to think that is pretty fucked up and people should be happy to actually be alive and that the company is nice enough offering them some sort of do-good.
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Or like, ive noticed that every single non north american is calling these people greedy, that they have some fucked up mentality, that if the passengers werent american they wouldnt be so intent on getting more money, none mention the accident, what people could have gone through waiting to be rescued, because every non north american here has balls of steel and would totally be ok and would hop on another plane of that company anytime. I mean they do have some BADASS pilots dont they?
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On February 03 2009 00:24 Oystein wrote:Show nested quote +On February 03 2009 00:19 Cloud wrote:On February 03 2009 00:16 Oystein wrote:On February 03 2009 00:09 Amber[LighT] wrote: i'd personally want more than $8000 dollars and upgrades for a year. I wouldn't fly for over a year if this happened to me, and until it happens to you, you will not know how traumatic something like this actually is.
How many people on this board have actually been in a crash quite like the one last month. Lets not forget they crashed into a freezing hudson river, it's not like their luggage came out of the plane all perfect. Though it was the birds fault you are not going to take birds to court... So lets say a bird crashes into your windshield when your driving your car, and you drive out of the rode and into a river and survive, your gonna go around suing the people who sold you the car or someone else just cuz you are having troubles from it afterward?? That could be traumatic also but you cant go around demanding money just because your life dont run perfect, shit happens in life and its dangerous to live. If you were in a bus, you would sue the company from where you bought the ticket. If you are alone on your own car, theres no one to sue. As long as it was a bird that caused the accident and it was an isolated accident. wtf kind of fucked up mentality is that? It would not be the bus companies fault a fucking bird flies into the bus... They should put up "unforeseen shit happens disclaimers" and all of you who expects money if something crazy happens can start walking around if you aint happy with it. You cant expect compensation for unforeseen things none have control over... edit : From the company im talking about, compensation from insurance companies or the government if you are serious injured is something else.
i agree with you oystein, if anyone has to compensate, that would be insurance companies. Maybe that's what their crew are targeting?
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On February 02 2009 19:37 choboPEon wrote:Show nested quote +On February 02 2009 19:22 Highways wrote: You gotta be kidding, aren't these people already grateful they are alive?
They survive a crash, get $8000 and a free upgrade and still complaining.
Typical American.
haha, this is a joke, right? a not-so-subtle troll! Typical Australian, imo.
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These people should really be thinking of the geese that got sucked into a jet engine...the true victims of this incident :[
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On February 03 2009 01:26 Rotodyne wrote: These people should really be thinking of the geese that got sucked into a jet engine...the true victims of this incident :[ Or how likely it is a plan of the size is to be taken down by a flock of geese fleeing from the annoying loud noise. Exactly, it didn't happen ^^ Maybe this could happen to a silent weather monitoring plane, but not a big passenger plane.
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On February 02 2009 19:28 {88}iNcontroL wrote:Not sure I like the "typical american" comment. Maybe in Australia it is custom to high five after a plane crash and call it good but in America we expect some kind of compensation when our lives are unnecessarily endangered. They were compensated but 8k$ and a temporary upgrade is a bit low.. especially when people are suing for millions over spilled hot coffee 
"In America, we expect to profit over non-fault accidents!"
Maybe you can look at ridiculous precedents as an excuse, but it's more fun to look at them as a symptom of the larger problem.
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On February 02 2009 22:36 jello_biafra wrote:I wish I'd been on that flight, I would have got to be in a plane crash and got $8 grand  These people are lucky to be alive and are bitching about not enough compensation? Typical -_- Lol this was my reaction too, free plane ride + 8000 bucks just for crashing into the water? Yes plx.
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Lol @ free plane ride. who the hell would wanna ride again for a year?
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If there was a contest, about you getting on a plane and then it would crash into the water, no one would do it for 8000 loooooool
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On February 03 2009 01:38 Hawk wrote: Lol @ free plane ride. who the hell would wanna ride again for a year? Anyone who cares more about where they wanted to go in the first place :O It depends how traumatized someone would feel after an accident. Shit happens all the time though, it's not like anyone gets on a plane thinking it's 100% safe... and if they do they're fools. It's safer than getting in a car, statistically, but it's not safe in general. If a flock of deaf geese ran into the paper plane I happened to be riding one day and I lived, I'd just think it was a really good story to get pity from girls. Take the 8k and get on with my life It's not the best way to make 8k, but if I knew I was gonna live (and not be permanently injured)... why not. There are worse things to do for money.
You accept the risk when you do things, I think is what everyone apposed to the idea of suing is saying in this thread.
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On a related note, did the families of 9/11 victims ever bring a lawsuit against American Airlines or United Airlines in response to poor security screening or loss of life or anything like that?
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On February 03 2009 01:38 Hawk wrote: Lol @ free plane ride. who the hell would wanna ride again for a year?
I wonder how many people react with "I am lucky to survive a plane crash - sure don't want to risk that again" and how many people say "I survived a plane crash - I am INVINCIBLE".
Probably much more with the former. Fuckin' pessimists ;-)
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If only we could all be like Boris from GoldenEye... Not to be traumatized by unlucky catastrophes, but to stand up, raise our arms into the air, and proclaim, "I am INVINCIBLE!"
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Did you guys read this? "My husband is not going to want to get on a plane for at least a year," passenger Tess Sosa told The New York Post." The fact they only get an upgrade for 1 year is ludicrous, maybe they don't deserve permanent upgrades but 1 fucking year? half the people probably never want to fly for awhile, and when they do their upgrade won't be valid.
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United States4146 Posts
- a lap top, maybe a cellphone, my weeks worth paper work and maybe lost work, my luggage, lost time until next flight, having to go through the dreaded debriefing, my phucking luggage and everything in it.. and that's if I didn't lose anything of real value I might have been carrying.. - dunno, maybe I am "greedy" but 8k sounds measly..
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