Posted On: December 27, 2005, 9:34 am CST

Posted By: David

Well, what have we here? A bunch of folks acting like they know everything about everything. And the comment about so what if he was having engine trouble? Bet you have trouble keeping friends--or clients. You people should really find out more details about this case before you do the obvious knee-jerk reactions. The plane was landing on a grass airstrip. I don't know how the road lies as opposed to the airstrip, but I'm sure since TWO judges ruled in favor of the pilot, that somehow the driver of the truck was indeed at fault! I don't care WHAT you are driving, if you are on an airstrip, you watch for airplanes! By some of your logics, if the plane was taxing, the truck could just pull in front of the plane and the truck wouldn't be a fault? Basically the same thing, except a plane landing has very few options for boneheads that pull out in front of them! The one obvious thing still stands--why did they spend so much money, and worry about setting a precedent, when something like this will probably NEVER happen again!