X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:52:31 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [70.62.14.124] (HELO server1.USTEK) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.14) with ESMTP id 3691036 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:13:04 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=70.62.14.124; envelope-from=r.simon@ustek.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="multipart/alternative"; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C9F34C.0695C534" Subject: Insurance for greybeards Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 X-Original-Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:13:39 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: yes X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Insurance for greybeards thread-index: AcnzTAWP+pszzTcNRZ+B7COK2UJpEA== From: "Lancair" X-Original-Sender: "Robert Simon" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C9F34C.0695C534 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_002_01C9F34C.0695C534" ------_=_NextPart_002_01C9F34C.0695C534 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I read a comment on the LML that a pilot over 70 would no longer be insurable. It was the first I had heard of such a thing so I went to the source: Scott at SkySmith Insurance. He added some clarification, see below: =20 It gets more difficult to get insurance in complex aircraft the older you get. Typically if you are insured and stay with the same company after 70, you just get more requirements. I have a 75 year old in Legacy, 310 and 414. I also have a 70 something in a 421. A 70 something in a TBM 700 and so on. =20 Usually you will need to be insured with someone and stay there. They will start requiring a medical every year and by 80 they will probably require a second qualified pilot in the aircraft.=20 =20 It didn't help that the Continental pilot that died in the air was only 60. That will create knee jerk reactions in the industry that old (above 60) pilots shouldn't fly commercially or complex aircraft. =20 =20 Robert M. Simon Lancair ES-P N301ES (And let's all hope that no pilot in his 20's dies in flight or all commercial pilot slots will be filled by teenagers!) ------_=_NextPart_002_01C9F34C.0695C534 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I read a comment on the LML that a = pilot=20 over 70 would no longer be insurable. It was the first I had heard = of such=20 a thing so I went to the source: Scott at SkySmith Insurance. He = added=20 some clarification, see below:

It=20 gets more difficult to get insurance in complex aircraft the older you = get.=20 Typically if you are insured and stay with the same company after 70, = you just=20 get more requirements. I have a 75 year old in Legacy, 310 and = 414. =20 I also have a 70 something in a 421. A 70 something in a TBM 700 = and so=20 on.

Usually you will need to be insured with someone and = stay there.=20 They will start requiring a medical every year and by 80 they will = probably=20 require a second qualified pilot in the = aircraft.

It didn't help that the Continental pilot that died = in the=20 air was only 60. That will create knee jerk reactions in the = industry=20 that old (above 60) pilots shouldn't fly commercially or complex=20 aircraft.

Robert M. Simon

Lancair=20 ES-P

N301ES

(And let's all hope = that no pilot=20 in his 20's dies in flight or all commercial pilot slots will be filled = by=20 teenagers!)

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