航空产品责任主体是航空产品责任诉讼首要解决的问题,该主体的确定直接关系到受害人权益是否充分保护和纠纷是否得以顺利解决。该主体具有天然的国际性,同时其因交织航空运输责任与产品责任具有复杂性和特殊性。航空产品责任主体不仅包括一般商事关系的私法性主体,而且还包括负有检测、适航监管责任的公法性主体。欧美等发达国家和地区立法及司法实践对航空产品责任主体呈现出扩大化解释的趋势,其目的是顺应国际社会保护消费者权益人本化发展的价值取向,我国相关立法完善应关注这一发展趋势。
The subject of aviation product liability is a prerequisite issue for aviation product litigation and how to specify the subject directly relates to whether the victim's interests can be properly protected and disputes satisfactorily resolved. The subject has international feature being complex and special since it combines with air transportation liability and product liability. The subject of aviation product liability can be private law subjects involving general commercial relations as well as public law subjects being responsible for aircraft's detection and airworthiness management. Legislations and judicial practice in Europe,the United States and other developed countries are prone to an extensive interpretation on the subject of the aviation product liability for the purpose of protecting the consumer's interest valuing the humanism development in international community. Therefore,pertinent legislations in China should conform to this trend.