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AIN Blog: 'First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Lawyers'
Passengers sue JetBlue
In 1986, a restored PBY Catalina flown by Texan Connie Edwards reenacted the first successful transatlantic flight by the Navy's NC-4 flying boat in 1919.
In 1986, a restored PBY Catalina flown by Texan Connie Edwards reenacted the first successful transatlantic flight by the Navy's NC-4 flying boat in 1919.

Thank you, William Shakespeare, for that bit of all-too-tempting advice, as voiced by Dick the Butcher in the bard’s Henry VI: “First thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.”

These words came to mind immediately on reading reports on June 14 that 10 passengers from a Jet Blue flight are suing the airline following an incident in which one of its pilots broke down, began acting erratically and had to be subdued by passengers.