"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
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"Paul Stuart" wrote in message
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A Young Eagles flight takes place when an official EAA form is filled
out prior to the flight. This form records the child's details and
makes sure that permission for the flight has been granted by a parent
or legal guardian. This is also the form that is sent to Oshkosh to be
entered in the Young Eagles database. If this form is completed, then
yes it's a Young Eagles flight, EAA takes responsibility for it, and -
provided the pilot has met requirements - the flight is covered under
the insurance program.

The question, though, is whether the form is always mailed before the
flight
starts (as is supposed to be done with Angel Flight liability waivers, for
example), or whether the form is often taken on board and not mailed until
afterward. If the latter, then YE's official safety record may be
misleading, since some fatal flights won't count as YE flights even though
they would've counted if they'd been successful.

--Gary

The permission and release forms are seldom mailed before the flight takes
place. They are most commonly administered by a ground crew if it is an
organized event or by the pilot if it is not an organized event. If the
form is not processed the pilot is not covered by the EAA provided liability
insurance.