Actually, it is very simple, and reasonably cost effective, to get third party insurance on the glider which covers the pilot against any and all claims. This is what virtually every gliding club did before the BBL was introduced.
Guy Harley -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Gage Sent: Thursday, 16 October 2008 1:56 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] AEF Charges - $20 to GFA Terry, no idea on the break down, and frankly I don't care. I know that there is a proportion of insurance to cover me as an instructor against a personal claim from the passenger (or their estate if I do a good enough job of messing up). This is insurance that a) I doubt I could actually get except through a group scheme like this, and b) even if I could would be more than $20 per flight. I am reliably informed that the insurance that the GFA has is NOT available to any other group - and they have tried, and is only available to the GFA because it is continued - if stopped, it would never be available again. My professional indemnity insurance for a low risk business with potential liability way below that required as an instructor would work out at about $75 per flight based on the number of instructing flights I do. The alternative that the GFA would have used would have been to raise the membership costs for everyone, or increase the form 2 costs, or something else. This is the only cost that doesn't actually have a direct cost on all of us, unless a club is stupid enough not to pass this cost on. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.5 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1299 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
