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From: Charlie Kohler <charliekohler@yahoo.com>
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Not much has happened this week with Lancair's Insurance due to the annual =
convention of Aviation Insurance Assn. =0AHere's something to mull over.=C2=
=A0 =0A=0ACharlie K.=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 See me on the web at=C2=A0=C2=
=A0 www.Lancair-IV.com=C2=A0=C2=A0 =0A=0AThis is from Aviation Internationa=
l News.=0A=0A"Aviation Insurance=0ABy Harry Weisberger=0AJune 1, 2008=0AAvi=
ation Insurance =0AGood news for operators: lower rates accompany expanded =
coverage despite the economic uncertainty in the U.S. and abroad, the mood =
was decidedly upbeat at the Aviation Insurance Association (AIA) convention=
 April 26 to 29 at the Gaylord Opryland resort in Nashville.=0A------------=
------------------------------------=0AIn the Safety Loop=0ALeading off the=
 lineup of AIA convention keynote speakers was Doug Carr, an NBAA vice pres=
ident, rulemaking specialist and AIA certified aviation insurance professio=
nal. He asked, =E2=80=9CHow can you be part of the safety solution? What ca=
n you offer in the way of safety guidance?=E2=80=9D He suggested visiting p=
olicy holders and observing the physical environment. =E2=80=9CIs the hanga=
r and shop sparkling=E2=80=A6 or is it dirty and cluttered?=E2=80=9D The an=
swer, he suggested, can be a tell-tale sign of the customer=E2=80=99s commi=
tment (or lack thereof) to a culture of safety.=0AHe likened a corporate sa=
fety culture to a three-legged stool, with insurance the third leg. =E2=80=
=9CThe other two are the regulations, the FARs, which represent minimum sta=
ndards, and the company=E2=80=99s own corporate culture. What do they do be=
yond the minimum?=E2=80=9D he asked. Despite technological advances such as=
 the transition from propeller to jet engines and the arrival of TCAS and T=
AWS, the policies that companies put in place could be even more significan=
t, Carr said. He urged underwriters to gauge the CEO=E2=80=99s commitment t=
o flight department safety policies and toward implementing a safety manage=
ment system (SMS).=0A---------------------------------------=0AHe urged und=
erwriters and agents alike to look for hints about whether a client treats =
training =E2=80=9Clike a necessary, required nuisance or part of a sincere =
commitment to safety.=E2=80=9D He said that VLJs and their pilots present =
=E2=80=9Can entirely new pilot-versus-risk scenario,=E2=80=9D with training=
 issues such as glass panels dissimilar from aircraft previously flown, and=
 varying levels of instrument proficiency. He suggested encouraging if not =
actually requiring unusual-attitudes training to mitigate risk, especially =
in the newest aircraft."