General Aviation Revitalization Act (1992) — statute, not a case

In 1992 Congress passed the General Aviation Revitalization Act, GARA, because all the Piper and Beechcraft and Cessna were going bankrupt and the engine companies were having financial problems. Congress basically said if it's more than eighteen years old you can't sue — it's not a manufacturing defect if it lasted eighteen years. Well, some plaintiffs' attorneys say, if you changed your manual, time starts when you changed your manual. Wait a second — you can't update your manual on how to do things? This is still fighting its way through the courts. All it does is keep attorneys busy, keeps experts busy. I put my kids through college, okay, but it's a very dysfunctional system overall.