DG has another distasteful business practice that isn't well known,
yet. If you sign up for the service contract, they will automatically
(without even asking you in advance) charge your credit card for
subsequent years. Guess how I know?

-John

On Oct 21, 6:55 am, "Lars Peder Hansen"
wrote:
Finally, someone is taking legal action against DG Flugzeugbau.

Those who understand German can follow the Nordrhein-Westfalen chapter of
the German Aeroclub hehttp://www.aeroclub-nrw.de/htmd/01h-aktuelles.htm

On a related note, the EASA continues to sabotage DG's effort to force us to
sign contracts, in order to obtain new manuals. The updated Type Certificate
Data Sheets for LS gliders clearly state that you can use the old OR the new
(May 2011) manuals.

http://easa.europa.eu/certification/...ocs/aircrafts/...

Also, DG tries to force you to pay for the contract in all the years from
2009 if you need a service in, say, 2016. Apart from being extremely
questionable from a legal standpoint, this raises the question: Why should
anyone pay for a yearly contract with DG at all, then? It is much better to
put an equivalent sum into your own savings account, so you are able to pay
ransom money if ever needed. Meanwhile, the interest you earn on your own
money may buy you a Flarm, or enable you to take the wife / girlfriend (or
both) out for an evening in town.

Happy soaring,

Lars Peder

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