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From: Giffen Marr <gamarr@charter.net>
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Subject: Safety Enhancments
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I was the Chairman of the Regulations Committee of an International =
Organization for several years. During that period of time, several =
members kept pushing us to make changes to the regulations to require =
the incorporation of safety equipment into the aircraft. To accomplish =
such changes, even if the required cost/benefit analysis would support =
such changes, would take in excess of 10 years. In a public meeting, =
they again were pushing me for changes, and I had had my fill. My =
reaction was, IF they really wanted these changes, write them into their =
contracts. The companies are household names you would all recognize and =
within a couple of years, the safety equipment was incorporated into all =
their contracts. so it is possible to make changes without bringing in =
the Authorities. For those of us who want insurance, there would be =
minimal problem with putting the initial and recurrent training =
requirements into our insurance packages. This would improve our =
training and help reduce the accident rate. Be advised, as the =
regulations are currently written and interpeeted, the initial training =
requirement is almost impossible to get on a newly licensed experimental =
aircraft.

Giff Marr
IVP N229GM=