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My civilian employer is paying for me to get an MBA.

Such a deal! The best I could do was get my employer to pay for the
occasional class.


But that is the FAA's standpoint,

Which does not matter to the courts.

what happens when there is a crash
and the lawyers go after the kit manufacturer anyway? No one in my
program, including the professors, can imagine that kit manufacturers
are able to carry liability insurance--the cost would be astronomical.

I have made a couple of phone calls to a couple of makers, lest anyone
think that I am too lazy to find this out for myself. The two places I
called were not wild about discussing the whole topic, which I can
understand.

I understand why they may be queasy about talking to a stranger on the
phone. It may take a letter first, or even a trip!

I was just reading an article about Wicks Aircraft Supply in the latest
Private Pilot Magazine and they would make the ideal case if you can pry any
information out of them. They sell kits, parts, and now..."almost" factory made
aircraft. That's right! According to the article, they will sell you a 99%
factory made Light Sport aircraft and you go to their facility for five days to
"finish" building your aircraft and get flight training in it. To take the
trouble to go through that process, they must think that they are getting
significant legal shielding from the "homebuilt" procedure; even if the thing is
essentially factory made!


Vaughn