Piedmont Airlines was fined for a safety breach in the death of passenger service agent Courtney Edwards, a mother of three, on New Year's Eve.
  • beef_curds [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    That's a single round trip 747 flight worth of profits, per airlines' own (conservative) profit estimates.

    Edit: wondering if they lost more from the plane being grounded for repairs than the fine. Probably? Damn. Bleak.