Mattr,

 

Answers to your questions

 

1.Is this REALLY a FACTORY training program?-- yes factory endorsed training.

2. how does it differ from what my local (high-performance) instructor has to offer? I don't know cause I don't know what you local instructor does.

3. Does this program offer a high-quality simulator?  No... there is no simulator associated with this.

4. Insurance companies often MANDATE higher levels of training for higher performance aircraft (or offer premium discounts).  Why should the Lancair IV be any different? Lancair is not an insurance company.

5. If 100 L-IV owners signed 5-year contracts for annual recurrent simulator training, I'll bet someone would develop a simulator and training program targeted to that aircraft. I doubt it-- we haven't got 100 pilots to go through the program as it is and you propose spending proabably millions to develop a one of sim.... I just don't see the business side of this.

 

Regards,

 

Jeff Edwards, CFII

LIVP