“The NTSB preliminary report said the worker had been told in two separate meetings just before the arrival of the aircraft to stay away from the engines on the Envoy E175 until they had been shut down and the aircraft’s beacon was off.”
There should not have been a fine in the first place. That only opens the door for needless civil litigation over an incident that was wholly the employee’s fault. Everyone feels bad for the survivors’ loss, but short of putting employees on a leash, what else could American have done?