On 16 February 2010 09:41, Kym Z <[email protected]> wrote:

> Given the amount of wisdom out there in this group, can I ask a further
> question on this topic of insurance?
> Our club's gliders are not flying enough to cover the cost of insurance, a
> growing number of our ultralight members want to sell the gliders because
> they see the ultralight 'carrying the club' financially...
> We have a Blanik and a Hornet, we have already removed hull insurance from
> the Blanik, but still pay a significant amount of insurance for third party
> and passenger on the Blanik.
> What sort of risk will our club and it's gliding members be taking if we
> remove all insurance from our gliders?
> I know passenger insurance comes into this, so what if we stopped training
> (we don't have any gliding trainees anyhow!).  Would the instructor or club
> be taking a big risk for check-flights of post-solo glider pilots?
> Thanks,
> Kym.
>
 Hi Kym,

I'm sorry I can't answer your question, but I have one of my own: How do you
have a glider club without trainees? I thought that glider clubs needed a
CFI, who required a certain number of hours of instruction per year.

Thanks,

Al
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