"CFLav8r" wrote
There was a thread here about getting your Seaplane rating at Jack Brown's
Seaplane school in Winter Haven, Florida and after checking out the website
I am now hooked on the idea of getting the rating.
I've come up with a small problem though...
Where in Central Florida would a seaplane rated pilot be able to rent a
seaplane?

Nowhere, near as I can tell. I've looked, I've made phone calls, and
nothing ever happened.

The insurance companies have figured out long ago that there is a huge
disconnect between being able to pass the seaplane checkride and
actually knowing how to operate a seaplane.

When you get a rating or endorsement (any rating or endorsement -
tailsheel, seaplane, multiengine, whatever) from a place that won't
rent you the aircraft solo, there's a statement being made. The
statement is this - we're going to teach you to pass a checkride, not
to operate the aircraft safely. We (or our insurers) are fully aware
of this.

Michael