(Michael) wrote in message . com...
"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.

I think the insurance co's just figured out the sea claims are more
frequent regardless of the amount of pilot time. A sea plane is landed
on an unknown surface. As good as you say you are at checking the
water you can always miss a log or some crap floating around in there.
Compare that with landing on a runway (we were assume crap is allowed
to accumulate).

-Robert, ASES