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Jeff:
Your letter of 8/4 was sage advice, and right on point.
<<Just because it is experimental doesn't relieve the pilot from flying an
airworthy aircraft (see FAR 91.7).>>
Based on experience with the "experimental mindset", I feared that your
advice might fall on too many deaf ears. And guess what: it took only 9 hours
to produce the following moronic emission, suggesting that you had somehow
committed an unforgivable betrayal, to wit:
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Too bad this guy couldn't make it beyond the first sentence of 91.7(b). I
don't really understand what makes so many of them think that they are exempt
from the FAR's. The airworthiness certificates are issued under the generous
provisions of FAR 21-191(g) and subordinate, but nowhere is there any
suspension of the requirements for airworthiness, nor of the standards under
which airworthiness is established.
The intellectual arrogance which leads these people to think (forgive the
loose terminology) that their knowledge is superior to the
painfully-accumulated knowledge embodied in the FAR's is just baffling. But
how in the world do they get to the belief that Part 91 doesn't apply to them?
In the past few years, the insurance companies have been establishing the
de-facto standards. I think it began in the experimental world when
patently-unqualified pilots began driving Glasair-3's into the ground. You
just don't go from a 172 into a 250 knot, 30 psf-wing-loading, complex
airplane without some significant transition training. Ten years ago, I did
quite a bit of checkout and transition training for pilots moving up to
moderate-performance twins like the 310. Currently, that has all but
vaporized since the insurance companies have raised the requirements-bar so
high for a 310 that not many qualify, and those that do hardly need any
training.
Looks like the same thing will continue to happen in the L4 world (and other
high-performance experimentals) as long as the loss rate continues to
spiral. Frankly, I've been surprised that insurance has continued to be
available for exp's at all. And I believe that the attitude embodied in the
response to your post will continue to ramp the losses upward. My guess is
that soon, many will decide that the only practical option is to fly
uninsured. (I know firsthand of exp-drivers who have already made that
decision.)
Jack Kane
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