A little over the top...

[TacitBlue]

Heres my two cents: I think that it depends on this passengers situation. Are they injured and traumatized? If so, then it would only be fair for the airline to pay their medical bills, and maybe for them to see a shrink. But $75M is WAY to much. It sounds more like they are trying to make money off of the situation, and don't care if they screw Air France over in the process.

[Craig.]

Too bad its usually the airlines screwing passengers over one way or another. Since this news has come out about the door being jammed, you could also add airbus to the list of possible targets of lawsuits. I truely dont feel sorry for either of them for once. I dont know why people are trying to defend the airline here. Overall money total or not.

[Hagar]

Too bad its usually the airlines screwing passengers over one way or another. Since this news has come out about the door being jammed, you could also add airbus to the list of possible targets of lawsuits. I truely dont feel sorry for either of them for once. I dont know why people are trying to defend the airline here. Overall money total or not.

I can't read that article as the site is down. Assuming this concerns the recent incident at Toronto I think that both you & these passengers are being a little quick to judge Air France & Airbus. The official enquiry hasn't even started yet. We don't know the facts about the accident (it was an accident & not deliberate.) I hadn't heard about the door but we don't know why it jammed. It was presumably working properly when it was last checked. The frame could easily have been distorted in the crash. From the photos I've seen it was pretty severe. Fortunately everyone escaped without serious injury. In my view they were lucky to get away with it & they will most likely receive fair compensation automatically & without needing to sue anyone.

I'm getting sick & tired of this compensation culture. The only ones to benefit are usually the legal profession. I won't tell you my opinion of them. Let's just say I have a lot more faith in the airlines & aircraft manufacturers.

[Craig.]

Like i said in an earlier post, it wont go ahead anyway until the investigation is done with. And the point i am trying to make, is that in todays lawsuit happy world, this is probably the closest thing you can get to a legit case. Rather than some idiot who spills hot coffee on themselves.

[Hagar]

You could be right Craig although I don't remember anyone ever suing a car manufacturer for being unable to open the door after an accident. This has happened to me in the past & it would never have occurred to me to blame anyone for it. For pity's sake let's return to a little common-sense before you have to be insured the moment you get out of bed.

[beaky]

To give credit where due; offer the benefit of the doubt, etc... I did hear that the plane landed quite long ("over halfway down the runway" is the quote by some official; sorry, don't remember where I read that). I know it depends on the length of the runway, and this is not unhead-of, but in wet conditions...?
 If that's true, then  the PIC was in error, and thus the airline... so even if the plaintiff and their lawyer are just being greedy, their case has some merit, technically.

[beefhole]

Might of hit a thermal-not uncommon in rainstorms.