For once the court shows some common sense in an aircraft crash. Usually the big pockets, In this case Cessna and Continental are made to pay out money for the negligence of the operator.

Preston Cavner should have been charged with manslaughter for the death of his son and attempted manslaughter for the others injured in the crash. The fact he was never charged with this crime itself is an indictment of the criminal system.

There is no excuse for intentionally overloading an aircraft which is exactly what he did and got a four year old, his own son killed because of it. The burns from the crash the other victims suffered justify the attempted murder charge.