[Lothar]

So, how do you feel about an airline that allows careless maintenance to compromise safety, resulting in a plane crash. Individuals make those decisions and should be held accountable. The corporation is accountable for the loss and damages. If individuals act with negligence, they can be held accountable.

However, I have never seen an airline completely shut down and all its employees sent home because of a plane crash. The airline might get grounded until they can demonstrate safe operations, but that's not punitive.

I think sanctions should be reserved for the guilty. If a corporation cleans house and the offending parties are no longer present, what is the purpose of the sanctions? Damages and punitive damages paid by a corporation make sense. Who else would pay? But the "throw the baby out with the bath water" approach jettisons the best of what is left after the worst has already been removed.

The alternative is to punish the guilty and remove them from the organization. Replace them with people of character and encourage the rebuilding of the program in a way that restores its integrity. For those responsible, there should be no leniency. They must be held accountable for their actions.