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PAYDAY! US Airways Flight 1549 passengers get $5,000 each
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Lifer
Article said there were separate checks to reimburse for the tickets. And it sounds like this is not intended to be the total compensation for each passenger, but rather a blanket amount that would be likely to prevent all of the passengers from enduring financial hardship as a result of the trip. That is, enough to replace the belongings that they need to replace.
Rumpltzer
Diamond Member
Yeah, you get it back "months later" when the investigation ends. If it's cash or your gold dubloons, then it's all good. If you packed your mother's meatloaf, then your screwed. I'm guessing your stuff will be kind of moldy and skanky by the time you see it again, and that's what this $5K is all about. It might not be the money to keep you from suing the Canadian government for the flight patterns of their geese.
The last few flights, I've been flying with my work laptop and personal one. Work one is probably $1500, and my Mac Air was $2500. That's $4K right there. Add in couple cameras at $300 each, iPhone, iPod nano, Garmin GPS running watch, clothes (ski trip clothes probably 2K alone). Yeah not enough!!
OK so everyone made it out
now I am aware that we have not had a fatality in the domestic air in two years or so BUT lets face it there is some inherent danger in getting into an aluminum tube a screaming through the air at 30K feet. Unless there is some proof that US airways was responsible for the geese then there should be no liability other than the normal we lost your bags.
I am so angered by the idea that if something happens we must find who to blame and then sue the piss out of them. They are still trying to figure out who to blame for a 40 year old bridge collapsing in MN.
Here is a fact of life. Normally when bad stuff happens it is an accident and there is no one to blame. Grab your shit and move on.
now I am aware that we have not had a fatality in the domestic air in two years or so BUT lets face it there is some inherent danger in getting into an aluminum tube a screaming through the air at 30K feet. Unless there is some proof that US airways was responsible for the geese then there should be no liability other than the normal we lost your bags.
I am so angered by the idea that if something happens we must find who to blame and then sue the piss out of them. They are still trying to figure out who to blame for a 40 year old bridge collapsing in MN.
Here is a fact of life. Normally when bad stuff happens it is an accident and there is no one to blame. Grab your shit and move on.
I was being serious. Then again the flight wasn't to vegas. I had a crap load of cash stolen from my home and had no recourse via insurance.
I think what the airline did was correct - here's 5K to quickly replace what you lost. Anything above that...well then it gets "complicated" I guess.
rh71
No Lifer
We are on a tech forum so we think everyone has a laptop travel with them... do sales/business people bring laptops or just their blackberry? I'm a techie and I have no reason to bring my laptop unless I'm staying at my destination for longer than a week. It'd be a burden more than anything else. What do I really travel with (for something like a 1-week getaway)? Probably just my cellphone and camera as far as electronics go. Hell yeah I'll take $5k for my troubles.
OK I travel for work.
Most of us have the blackberry and the laptop.
Also most comapnies have insurance for just this type of event. (i doubt it is the plane falling into the hudsen rider but you know what I mean)
having said that for most companies the loss of a laptop is minor comparied to the loss of the data on the said laptop.
In my traval bab I will check my clothes and such. I will carry on my laptop bag which has my laptop, zune, digital camera, and any ducment needed on that trip. I will also have my spiral notebook that I take notes in and usually I would rather lose the lappy than the $2 spiral notebook.
Payday for some, a pittance for others. Then again, that's what travel insurance is for; if your possessions and time are worth that much, get the insurance...it's dirt cheap.
I'd say that this is more generous than the airline has to be, so good for them.
US Air is NOT responsible, there was no negligence, it was a simple accident, and IMHO anyone who sues should have their citizenship instantly revoked and be shipped to the delta region of Nigeria to begin their new life. You took a risk by not getting insurance, and your number came up. Tough titty. You're lucky to be alive.
I'd say that this is more generous than the airline has to be, so good for them.
US Air is NOT responsible, there was no negligence, it was a simple accident, and IMHO anyone who sues should have their citizenship instantly revoked and be shipped to the delta region of Nigeria to begin their new life. You took a risk by not getting insurance, and your number came up. Tough titty. You're lucky to be alive.
idiotekniQues
Platinum Member
uh 5K goes like that for a lot of people.
just one any given business trip i may have 3k in camera gear and 1k in a laptop. that's without the cost of the luggage itself or clothes, shoes, my zune was 220 bucks, my $300 UE triple fi's attached to the zune, my $100 surefire e2L, etc, etc, etc - shit a fuckin bottle of cologne costs at least 40 bucks and i bring one with me on any trip, business or pleasure.
my co-worker travels with a mini pc projector that is over 1k, and a camera body that by itself costs 2k, sans lens - plus a laptop. on every business trip. before anything personal.
im not saying everyone should sue the piss out of us airways, but to make comments like these people getting 5k all made out like bandits is fucking asinine.
if it aint camera gear, it easily could be something else. women may have a few very expensive pairs of shoes and a purse or two. there are a zillion reasons why a substantial number of passneger travel with over 5k in stuff.
not everyone dresses up at old navy. im not like that casio guy that spends 200 bucks on jeans, but i have enough jeans that are 40-60 bucks, etc..
just one any given business trip i may have 3k in camera gear and 1k in a laptop. that's without the cost of the luggage itself or clothes, shoes, my zune was 220 bucks, my $300 UE triple fi's attached to the zune, my $100 surefire e2L, etc, etc, etc - shit a fuckin bottle of cologne costs at least 40 bucks and i bring one with me on any trip, business or pleasure.
my co-worker travels with a mini pc projector that is over 1k, and a camera body that by itself costs 2k, sans lens - plus a laptop. on every business trip. before anything personal.
im not saying everyone should sue the piss out of us airways, but to make comments like these people getting 5k all made out like bandits is fucking asinine.
if it aint camera gear, it easily could be something else. women may have a few very expensive pairs of shoes and a purse or two. there are a zillion reasons why a substantial number of passneger travel with over 5k in stuff.
not everyone dresses up at old navy. im not like that casio guy that spends 200 bucks on jeans, but i have enough jeans that are 40-60 bucks, etc..
Red Squirrel
No Lifer
I personally would not sue and be happy with my 5k. Guess it's hard to tell not being in that situation. But you have to realize these things happen, though you have to wonder if the pilot did everything he could to avoid the birds. I would think he did, at the speed of a plane and the size of birds you probably see them last minute when it's too late.
rudder
Lifer
ha sorry... but really when you step on a plane you are given a maximum value for your luggage at that point. It is probably printed on the ticket somewhere. If you had 20K... and the plane burns up... sorry you should have western unioned yourself.
Now in this case you will get it back once the NTSB is done with the investigation. I am sure they are not looking at contents but rather trying to get a truly accurate weight since each bag has an assumed weight of something like 70 pounds when loaded.
http://thetravelinsider.info/t.../lostbaggagerights.htm
You need to realize all of those contracts get voided the second they are presented before a judge. The main reason for contract that says we are not responsible, is to discourage you from suing. For example, in California valet contract that says we are not responsible is not enforceable.
OK when you buy your ticket the airline will give you a certain amount of insurance to reimburse you in the event that something should happen to your valubles while they are in the care of the airline.
It is a small amount. If you are carring a large amount you should be insured, or at least have the understanding that you may lose it should something bad happen.
If you are walking in front of my house and drop your $8 billion dollar video projector/camera/mp3 player that doubles as vibrator and I responsible? What if while at dinner your phone comes up missing?
SOme times bad things happen to people. No one is to blame. Us Airways is liable for what the agreed amount is. nothing more. I travel alot and I understand that if My luggage is lost or something of that nature I am out of luck. I do not buy personel travel insurance. My company effects are covered by the company. However it is part of my job and Considering what it would cost I figure at this point I am ahead.
rudder
Lifer
hmmm kind of like those uncovered dump trucks that say they are not responsible for cracked windshields...lol.
I worked for an airline... but was never responsible for a lost bag 🙂. So I don't know what happens in court... but I would imagine it would be hard to convince a judge you had 20K in a carry on.... unless you had a withdrawal slip from the bank or something.
Red Squirrel
No Lifer
Also it's pretty much a given not to bring stuff like laptops at an airport. Chances are it will get confiscated anyway. Even water bottles are frowned upon I can't imagine electronics.
Red Squirrel
No Lifer
Never been on a plane (always wanted to mind you) but I've head a handfull of horror stories how the security check points are like. Had a friend who is in a wheel chair go. They actually take the whole chair apart to search the tubing for bombs (dynamite sticks? lol). Then again guess it depends on the airport too and how big it is. The big ones are probably the ones that are really bad to go through. Everyone is treated like criminals etc.
Suggest you not use your friend as a source. I travel somewhat regularly and never seen wheel chair taken apart (maybe right after 9/11?), also unless you're coming on international plane they don't take your laptop away from you. They will x-ray and might ask you to turn it on and that is all. They can legally inspect/hold your laptop if you're coming on international flight but that is because it's going through customs.
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