[Wonder Warthog]

"so, ownership had no culpability and responsibility to ensure that their employees knew which levers to pull? Sort of like Delta putting people in the cockpit who don't which buttons to push?"

Only in the "it happened on my watch" culpability. The guy who screwed the pooch was an Indian.

[the invisib1e hand]

dudeski, when you own a business, you're liable for the professional conduct (or lack thereof) of your employees.