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Rob,
I've heard that a Type
Certificate is no defense as to reliability and safety in a court
case.
Witness the huge judgements
against the major spam cans a few decades ago, which put GenAv out of business
until the legislators finally put a cap in liability.
Safety and reliability comes
from aircraft design, first, and is prerequisiete to achieving any safety and
reliability from more training.
Pilots love to talk about the
benefits of more training, i think, because they don't knwo much about im prov
ing aircraft design. But design comes first.
Terrence
L235/320
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 11:48
PM
Subject: [LML] Re: 51% rule
Bill Hannahan writes:
<<“Well senator, that jet is
twice as fast as this Baron, much more reliable, more comfortable, safer,
quieter, easier to maintain, easier to fly, better instrumented and burns less
fuel, but it’s not certified, and we are not allowed to use non certified
aircraft for business.” >>
Sorry, Bill. It might actually
be more reliable but there's no guarantee on that. Same goes for
safety. FAR Part 23 guarantees a certain level
of reliability and safety. Experimentals do not. That's why they
are not allowed to be used for hire.
- Rob Wolf
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