wheelsup
Well-Known Member
Let's say you have Delta, who contracts out their feed to SkyWest or ASA. SkyWest or ASA flies, all or in part, Delta passengers.
A pilot for SkyWest/ASA/etc interviews at Delta, and is turned down.
I'm wondering if a legal case can be made that Delta would be negligent in event of an accident with their passengers with that pilot. In the past, if I'm not mistaken, one "pro" for all this subcontracting is limited liability on the major partner (ie Continental in Colgan crash, Delta in Comair crash, etc.).
No real point to this, just some rambling. It's interesting to me that pilots can be deemed worthy to operate for a connection carrier carrying their mainline passengers but receive no interview or job offer when they apply to "mainline". If carriers were explicitly responsible and co-negligent for the actions of their subcontractors, the commuters would start to disappear.
A pilot for SkyWest/ASA/etc interviews at Delta, and is turned down.
I'm wondering if a legal case can be made that Delta would be negligent in event of an accident with their passengers with that pilot. In the past, if I'm not mistaken, one "pro" for all this subcontracting is limited liability on the major partner (ie Continental in Colgan crash, Delta in Comair crash, etc.).
No real point to this, just some rambling. It's interesting to me that pilots can be deemed worthy to operate for a connection carrier carrying their mainline passengers but receive no interview or job offer when they apply to "mainline". If carriers were explicitly responsible and co-negligent for the actions of their subcontractors, the commuters would start to disappear.