I’m confused.  Travis Barker filed a lawsuit yesterday as a result of the September plane crash that he survived.  He and his deceased bodyguard’s mother are suing Clay Lacy Aviation, Global Executive Aviation, Inter Travel and Services, Goodyear Tire and Rubber and Bombardier Inc.  Apparently the brakes and tires on the plane were defective.  I understand suing for equipment failure.  But the lawsuit also states the pilots, who did not survive, were negligent in their decision to abort takeoff when the tires failed.

The suit claims “The pilots were either poorly trained and/or failed to follow their training.  The pilots’ decision was a breach of their duty owed to the passengers onboard and was a substantial factor in causing the crash and resultant injuries and deaths.”

This is where my confusion comes in.  If a pilot is preparing for takeoff and realizes that there is something wrong with the tires, wouldn’t not taking off be the thing to do?  Obviously, since four people died, it wasn’t the right choice.  I just can’t imagine that landing without gear is a great option either.

According to Travis Barker’s MySpace page, it sounds like he won’t be reconciling with his ex.  On my own website I actually wrote about this subject a couple of weeks back.  I was sure that they would get back together now that he has a second chance at life.   I’m glad to hear that he’s moving on and getting better every day.

“Despite any rumors you might have heard via my EX-wife Shanna Moakler, who I have not seen since the week I checked in, Ive been treated amazingly well, both here in LA and in Georgia. The hospitals Ive been treated at are THE BEST.”

The drummer is opening up about his horrific plane crash last month, which killed two close friends and has left him severely burned. He’s chatting with Us Weekly. (Not to be macabre, but how much do you think they paid him to score that interview?)

I hate planes,” Barker said in an interview with Us Weekly magazine. “My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened … well, I’m just thankful to be alive! I’m just grateful to be here at all.”

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Barker was released from a Georgia hospital last week and is now being treated at a burn center in Los Angeles. He said he was too afraid to fly cross-country, so he arranged to travel by bus with his father and ex-wife Shanna Moakler to keep him company.

“I am doing the best I can possibly be,” he said in the magazine’s latest issue. “I’m so anxious to get out of here. … I’ve just been in surgery after surgery. I have third-degree burns basically from my feet up to my waist and both hands. One of my hands has second-degree burns and one has third-degree burns.”

“I’m trying to have a quick recovery and play the drums again and be able to hold my kids again,” said Barker, who has two children, Landon, 5, and Alabama, 2, with Moakler.

Here’s to a speedy recovery for you, Travis!!!

And I don’t blame him one bit!

Photo agencies are reporting that Travis Barker (along with Shanna Moakler) is traveling from Augusta, Georgia to Los Angeles in a luxury bus equipped for all his medical needs.

DJ AM traveled home by bus, too.

Travis will be taken to the Grossman Burn Center in Santa Ana for further treatment and additional surgery, but he’ll be much closer to his kids this way.

If I could afford a luxury bus, I’d never travel anywhere by plane either. I hate flying!

Now they’re both out!

Travis Barker was released from Doctors Hospital in Augusta this morning, after being treated for burns sustained in the plane crash earlier this month.

“Travis is in good condition and was discharged this morning,” said a spokesperson for the hospital. “He has left Augusta.”

I wonder when he and/or DJ AM will begin talking about the crash.

Definitely sending lots of positive, get-better energy to the two of them.

Photogs caught Shanna Moakler in tears as she left the burn unit at Doctors Hospital in Georgia. She’s spent hours by ex-husband Travis Barker’s side as he recovers from critical burns.

Aw, Shanna!

Hang in there, baby!!!

Reports that Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton are in Georgia appear to be false, although Mandy Moore is reportedly there with DJ AM.

As I’m sure most of you have heard by now, a doctor working with Travis Barker and DJ AM says both are expected to make full recoveries. They are being treated at an excellent burn center for second- and third-degree burns. Travis was burned on the torso, while DJ AM suffered burns on his arm and scalp.

Hollywood is now making a mass exodus to Augusta, Georgia to visit their injured pals.

Celebs reportedly traveling to Georgia include Shanna Moakler (Barker’s ex-wife), Nicole Richie (DJ AM’s former fiance), Paris Hilton (who has famously feuded with Moakler) and Mandy Moore (DJ AM’s former girlfriend).

So far, I haven’t come across any paparazzi shots of these people entering or leaving the hospital. I’m not sure what that means, but it’s interesting indeed.

As for the cause of the crash, the NTSB is reporting that the pilots believed a tire blew on the runway.

In a separate press conference on Sunday, National Transportation Safety Board member Debbie Hersman said that the plane’s crew members thought a tire burst as they started down the runway.

Hersman said the plane’s cockpit voice recorder had been recovered from the wreckage. On it, pilots of the Learjet told air traffic controllers they heard a tire burst and were going to abort takeoff.

She added that the cause of the crash is being investigated.

It’s good to hear that Travis and Adam are going to be okay, but I’m sure what they’re going through right now is exceptionally painful, both physically and psychologically. I wish them all the best. They have a whole country sending them positive vibes and, yes, prayers.