Fed Ordered To Pay In ATC's Negligence Which Result In The Death Of Pilot

Gee, what a shock...thunderstorms late afternoon and early evening in Florida. He could have figured that out by turning on his TV and looking at the weather radar rather than polishing his golf clubs.

Look for this to get reviewed by the higher courts as this judge is a Federal Magistrate (lowest level) and the Feds have lots of our tax money to spend. I doubt the FAA will want this as a precedent to shift liability to them as the deep pocket outlet for bad judgment.

While not the best outcome, this could result in more proactive handling by ATC.

too many accident have taken place because controllers get to hide behind "state your intentions"

Often a GA flight will get vectored into bad weather while Air Carriers and being routed around it.

I don't understand. We were all taught on how to plan a flight VFR or IFR. I think the controller could have been more proactive in handling the Skymaster, but the pilot should of anticipated these thunderstorms along the route. Come on, Florida,afternoon thunderstorms calls for a lot of deviation, weather radar, a lot of fuel and forsight, especially flying this type of airplane.