Blame Continental sale on 1994 law

The sale of Continental Motors to a Chinese company controlled by the government has caused enormous concern, and no shortage of blaming greedy corporations for selling off American iconic companies to make a quick buck, states J. Mac McClellan in his EAA Sport Aviation blog, noting that while “those are heartfelt sentiments… they miss the biggest issue facing Continental – the General Aviation Revitalization Act (GARA),” a law that set an 18-year limit on lawsuits claiming defective design caused the crash of a general aviation aircraft. “And while GARA has helped reduce the number of lawsuits against general aviation manufacturers and revitalize the industry, GA’s two big engine manfacturers — Continental and Lycoming — were left out of the GARA safety umbrella,” he says in his post, which you can read here.