X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:04:50 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [69.146.254.20] (HELO crmtest.arilabs.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.7) with ESMTP id 4333817 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:52:10 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=69.146.254.20; envelope-from=kevin@arilabs.net Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01CB025B.C3D6A176" Subject: RE: [LML] Re: Transfer Of Ownership X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.6944.0 X-Original-Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 07:59:05 -0600 X-Original-Message-ID: <3E1C96B95693C640B0AC2F59D2500F3B09F814@crmtest.arilabs.net> X-MS-Has-Attach: yes X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [LML] Re: Transfer Of Ownership Thread-Index: AcsCDcZjxIEEeY5VR8uGOIm5m4KeKgATcvxQ From: "Kevin Stallard" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01CB025B.C3D6A176 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_002_01CB025B.C3D6A176" ------_=_NextPart_002_01CB025B.C3D6A176 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wolfgang, =20 I see what you are saying (I misread it the first time). =20 You are correct, but the fact still remains that the woman was initially = awarded 2.6 million by a Jury for spilling coffee, imagine what Lancair = has to face from time to time. =20 Kevin =20 ________________________________ From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of = Wolfgang Sent: June 01, 2010 22:33 To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: [LML] Re: Transfer Of Ownership =20 "considering that there was a case where a woman gets a big payout for = spilling coffee on herself" ? ? ? That was a case where the woman only asked for compensation to pay for = the skin grafts and hospital stay.=20 The company (McDonalds) refused and the rest is history. =20 Wolfgang ________________________________ =20 From: "Kevin Stallard" Sender: Subject: RE: [LML] Re: Transfer Of Ownership Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:56:29 -0400 To: lml@lancaironline.net Folks, I'm going to give a dissenting opinion on this whole thing. When a Lancair goes down and people die, Lancair gets hit with lawsuits. = Yes, it is true they aren't considered the manufacturer of these = airplanes, but do you think that stops lawyers from going after them? = You know how informed juries are, considering that there was a case = where a woman gets a big payout for spilling coffee on herself. It = would be na=EFve to think that just because the FAA doesn't consider = Lancair a manufacturer, doesn't mean that they won't get assigned some = blame by some misinformed jury.=20 Secondly, I've done some price comparisons between the parts that = Lancair sells and other outfits, there isn't a huge difference. They = certainly charge more in many cases. However, considering the volume of = planes Lancair sells, I have a hard time thinking that their parts = department is a significant contributor to their bottom line. I could be wrong, and I don't have an inside view, but it appears as = though Lancair has their parts department more as a service than as = anything that is really helping the company pay their bills. It's = helpful to go somewhere to get stuff that fits my airplane. There are = some items I just can't get anywhere else. Considering the cost of our airplanes, the $300 hardly amounts to a hill = of beans and I see it as more a formality to help protect Lancair's = interests. I don't see it as a problem. It also gives the insurance = companies some insight into the Lancairs they are insuring. I look at = this as a positive thing that Lancair is doing. =20 Scarcity of insurers will certainly drive up our costs. I glad they are = doing things to help keep insurance companies engaged. It helps in the = long run. =20 ------_=_NextPart_002_01CB025B.C3D6A176 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Wolfgang,

 

I see what you are saying (I = misread it the first time).

 

You are correct, but the fact still remains that the woman was initially awarded 2.6 million by a Jury for = spilling coffee, imagine what Lancair has to face from time to = time.

 

Kevin

 

From: = Lancair Mailing List = [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Wolfgang
Sent: June 01, 2010 = 22:33
To: = lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: = Transfer Of Ownership

 

"considering that there was a case where a woman gets a big = payout for spilling coffee on herself" ? ? ?

That was a case where the woman only asked for compensation to = pay for the skin grafts and hospital stay.

The company (McDonalds) refused and the rest is = history.

 

Wolfgang

 

From:

"Kevin Stallard" <Kevin@arilabs.net>

Sender:

<marv@lancaironline.net>

Subject:

RE: [LML] Re: Transfer Of = Ownership

Date:

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:56:29 = -0400

To:

lml@lancaironline.net=

Folks,

I'm going to give a dissenting opinion = on this whole thing.

When a Lancair goes down and people = die, Lancair gets hit with lawsuits.  Yes, it is true they aren't considered = the manufacturer of these airplanes, but do you think that stops lawyers = from going after them?  You know how informed juries are, considering = that there was a case where a woman gets a big payout for spilling coffee = on herself.  It would be na=EFve to think that just because the FAA = doesn't consider Lancair a manufacturer, doesn't mean that they won't get = assigned some blame by some misinformed jury.

Secondly, I've done some price = comparisons between the parts that Lancair sells and other outfits, there isn't a = huge difference.  They certainly charge more in many cases. =  However, considering the volume of planes Lancair sells, I have a hard time = thinking that their parts department is a significant contributor to their = bottom line.

I could be wrong, and I don't have an = inside view, but it appears as though Lancair has their parts department more = as a service than as anything that is really helping the company pay their = bills.  It's helpful to go somewhere to get stuff that fits my airplane.  There are some items I just can't get anywhere = else.

Considering the cost of our airplanes, = the $300 hardly amounts to a hill of beans and I see it as more a formality to = help protect Lancair's interests.  I don't see it as a problem. =  It also gives the insurance companies some insight into the Lancairs they are insuring.  I look at this as a positive thing that Lancair is = doing.  

Scarcity of insurers will certainly = drive up our costs.  I glad they are doing things to help keep insurance = companies engaged.  It helps in the long = run.

 

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