Although it may sound altruistic and give some a warm feeling for Mooney, I suspect Mooney's motive is more selfish.  I bet it is driven by the advice of Mooney's lawyers to Mooney management in their desire to avoid liability.  Remember that the current CEO is a lawyer. If the elevator of a F model disintegrates in flight for reasons of bad original design, improper materials or flawed original manufacturing and these issues were previously unknown to Mooney at the time of the accident the