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First so that you all know PrivatAir was not the only one sued. There were several parties sued and the total for everyone came to 53 million. As far as sending a message Punitive Damages are awarded to send a message. The judges instructions stated that Punitive damages are there to punish thru monetary means and it's only purpose is to punish and send a message by making a corporation pay. Their punitive damages came to 10 million dollars. Each entity had to give a financial accounting of what they were capapble of paying without going bankrupt and theirs was 15 million they were hit with 10 million. The sad part of it was that Captain Baker was willing to settle for $660,000 his retirement. They refused offered him $75,000 and told him to lawyer up. PrivatAir along with API and 5 other parties were given Punitive damages according to their finances. Some as little as $1500.00. The punitive they must pay because they broke the law with age discrimination. The other awards can be appealed or settled on. Which is what Captain Baker wanted in the first place. They didnt care about bankrupting him did they? They didnt care about how his family would survive due to their illegal acts and even when he wanted to settle the situation they laughed at him because they thought he was a cheap person and wouldnt get a lawyer. Evidence showed this because they were emailing each other and taking pleasure in what Captain Baker was going through and commenting on how he wont get a lawyer to combat what they had done to him. Okay so NOW everyone feels sorry for them. That amazes me. These corporations and people involved had SEVERAL opportunities to correct what they had done and not end up in court. Even throughout the month or so I served on jury duty they continued to lie on the stand. Emails and depositions proved they were lying and when caught the never said anything. Their attorneys had horrible witnesses an expert they hired that actually agreed with Captain Baker and the worse is they would laugh openly in court when cruel emails or testimony especially by John Kaylor was given. The whole thing was not only wrong but close to down right mean and sadistic. Sorry if you dont agree but Captain Baker will most likely walk away with the punitive 10 million and trust me PrivatAir has it. When Enron happened we all saw how employees depended on the company and it's executives to obey the law and do things correctly. When they don't bad things happen to the employees. The only ones the employess and even society should be upset with is the company who knows the law and willfully violates it and then attempts to cover it up.