From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: ok,, enough,, by why the non standard
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To: lml
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 10:42:58 -0400
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Posted for "Chuck Jensen" <cjensen@dts9000.com>:

  Brent,
  
  You were cruising pretty good until you hit the issue of product
  liability/responsibility, specifically Lancair (though it applies to all
  manufacturers).  Lancair, in commercial trade, has certain
  responsibilities and duties.  The first is to produce a plane as well
  designed and reasonably safe as possible and to make an effort to
  disclose limitations of their product.  If they knowingly produced a
  defective and dangerous product because, through aggressive and
  inaccurate marketing, they could sell it and make a profit, is simply
  not enough--either before the consumer or before the law.
  
For instance, if Lancair calculates that they will sell more planes by
  telling potential customers "no problem, if you're   low and slow and
  find yourself flying through the localizer, just crank 'er over.  She'll
  fly just like a C150 and is virtually stall proof."  Obviously, Lancair
  doesn't do this and, in fact, encourages transition training and full
  awareness of the trade-off and compromises made to design and produce an
  good looking and high performance aircraft.  Were they to do otherwise,
  then 'bring on the lawyers.'
  
  Lancair is NOT responsible for making you a safe pilot or monitoring you
  to ensure that you fly safely or ensuring that you get good transition
  and recurrent training.  So, each person (and corporate entity, who is a
  person before the law) has their own scope and degree of responsbility,
  including Lancair.
  
Finding out where the this fine line of the division of responsibility
  lies is where a lot of dollars are spent and perceived abuses occur.  I
  have no warm spot in my heart for lawyers either, but without them and
  the judicial system, it would be a 'wild west' out there where the
  biggest gun and sharpest knife wins the day (even though it seems like
  that system is already in place in some ares).  I'm in favor of reigning
  in the legal system to prevent abuse while protecting my rights,
  including seeking redress if I've been harmed or damaged....good luck
  figuring out how to do it and without trampling on too many other
  peoples rights and harming innocents!
  
  Chuck Jensen