Hi Bernard,
Not much of a thank you for your coaching assistance was it?
If there were any witnesses I would think that you insurance company would be
best placed to pursue a claim by you.
Regards
Laurie Hoffman
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From: Future Aviation <[email protected]>
To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'
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Sent: Sunday, 3 March 2013 3:49 PM
Subject: [Aus-soaring] Coaching issues
Dear
all!
Please allow me to
pass on some experience gained during the recent WIG week (Women in Gliding) at
Gawler.
The roof of my car
was accidently dented by Mrs. Jo Wooler - a fellow glider pilot from the
Caboolture Gliding Club
in QLD. She lifted the right wing of the ASH 25 and by doing so she hit
my car which she parked under the left
wing just a few
minutes earlier. Fortunately the wing was
not damaged.
This mishap occurred
after she received free of charge coaching for several hours in my ASH 25. She
was extremely
apologetic for her lapse
of concentration and immediately offered compensation. Over the following days
she repeatedly
assured me to cover the cost of dent removal in
full.
However, after getting back to
Queensland Mrs. Wooler had a remarkable change of attitude. At first she
suggested to
pay 50% of the repair
costs and a week later
she e-mailed to say that it was: “…..indeed shameful behaviour for
me to hold her responsible at all.”
On requestI can make copies of our correspondence available. It makes for very
interesting reading and demonstrates
how easily humans are inclined to
compromise their moral and ethical standards when the impact on their hip
pocket
becomes a little clearer.
Be warned
- coaching and trying to help others
is not always a rewarding experience!When the
total cost of less than
a week of coaching is approaching $1500 it can put you
off proper!!!
Bernard
Eckey
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