Brazilian court condemns ANAC and airlines for "air chaos"
The Brazilian government, along with the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC), the Brazilian Airport Infrastructure Company (Infraero), and six airlines, will have to pay R$ 10 million for damages and disruptions due to the so-called air traffic chaos of 2006; after the accident involving a Gol plane and a Legacy executive jet, air traffic controllers carried out a work-to-rule action in protest against working conditions; waiting times for boarding reached more than 15 hours.
247 - The Federal Court on Tuesday (15) condemned the Union, together with the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac), the Brazilian Airport Infrastructure Company (Infraero) and six airlines, to pay R$ 10 million for damages and disruptions due to the so-called air chaos of 2006.
Following the accident involving the Gol airliner and the Legacy executive jet on September 29, 2006, air traffic controllers conducted a work-to-rule action in protest against working conditions. Waiting times for boarding reached over 15 hours.
The companies found guilty were BRA, Ocean Air (now Avianca), Pantanal, TAM, Total, and VRG (owner of Gol).
According to Judge João Batista Gonçalves of the 6th Federal Civil Court of São Paulo, who ruled on the case brought by Procon (the consumer protection agency), poor organization, administration, management, oversight, and provision of air transport services were proven.