Should Delta Be Held Legally Responsible for the Needles Found in Sandwiches on its Flights?

That would be correct.

Haha!

Haha funny or ... ?

well who ever made and packaged the sandwich, unless its happened on more then one occasion, then YES

good job, don't fly with them. that's why you don't buy airline food

If they sell it and serve it, they are responsible.

Was it prepackaged or not?

If Delta are the people that inspected or packaged the food then yes. The airlines are responsible for the passengers safety....even from a sandwich.

From the perspective of the customers, Delta is responsible. I'm pretty sure that the idea didn't come out of management, but it's up to them to make it right. If they pruchased the food from an outside supplier they will likely seek compensation from them. WIth a little luck, the supplier will have insurance that covers that sort of thing.

If Delta is the company that supplies the food...yes. If not, then whoever contracts that service is responsible.

clearly not, the caterers who made and packaged it are.

The employees that were on the flights atleast

They are liable if somebody got hurt! Where is John Edwards when you need him?

Needles are not exactly a "natural" part of the food they are serving like the pit in an olive.
So, Hell yeah! The food company should be sued too and the liability portioned accordingly.

First it needs to be defined what you mean by "legally responsible".
There a ton of questions that go to how civilly liable they are.
Is this the first time such a thing has happened in the industry?
If yes, how often does it happen, does the industry have guidelines for prevention, and does Delta follow them?
If not, was there a reasonable expectation that such a thing could happen, and again, were reasonable preventative steps taken?
Are you talking about criminally liable? If so, the above questions and more apply.

Bottom line, Delta should pay all associated medical bills, offer a reasonable amount of "damages", and a reasonable amount for "pain and suffering/emotional distress". It shouldn't go to court, but this isn't worth millions either. Then Delta should go to the vendor to recoup their losses.

If there is a documented history of such occurrences, then of course, their level of liability increases.

As far as X-raying the food and drinks, you are talking about a massive restructuring of the whole catering industry, and folks are not going to accept that anyway. What will happen is they will simply stop serving anything.

An x-ray machine will not pick up a needle. I know. I tried it with my beading needles and they never registered. We twisted and turned them every way possible with no result.

Fair enough but doesn't mean they won't try doing that anyway. Since when does anything have to work for the government to do it?

Good point ... the people of the great cascading stupidity tend to bravely forge ahead in useless endeavour.

Well explained Andy! There are a few on this thread who seem to think this kind of thing is somehow a gravy train for those not seriously injured and the ambulance chasers!

I smell Gloria!!!

Thank you sir! It's rarely as simple as it seems on the surface. "You didn't tell me that coffee would be hot!!!!!" ROFL

Bet it goes into the millions though.And of course I'm also figuring on Delta doing the "right" thing. 100k and med should be MORE than plenty.

Exactly!

I was just having a thought about this as you posted. Of course I have no proof but odd that a multi-billion dollar airline food caterer and the only incident in a huge hub like Amsterdam winds up only happening on a US Flagged Carrier?

You smelling what I am?

Nah...too easy lol

It was just a passing thought!

duh who the hell else would be responsible??

How about the catering outfit who made the sandwich meals?

well who hired them???

They served the food to their passengers,so that males them responsible.They in turn can go after the supplier of the tainted food to seek compensation for the damages this incident will cost them!

The food company is responsible

the buck stops here... not there--->

Or at least who ever they got the food from.

I was George Bush's fault.

...ha, ha, ha. Hello friend.

But I thought obie would make the whole world love us.

I would think that whoever made the sandwiches would be responsible.

Nope--it was Bush

I was gonna go on airplane later this year. Kinda freaks me out.

Delta shouldn't, the person who put them in should.

Na it was Bush

Who prepared the sandwiches?

Bush