I went round and round in circles with the insurance company on this matter! Dont get me started! Some car insurance companies give a discount to teenagers who have honor roll grades. Some give discounts to safety equipped cars that have airbags, antilock brakes, daytime running lights, seatbelt warnings, etc. Yet, a glider insurance company won't give one penny less for any worth while reason. If you take advance training and get a CFI-G Costello offers NO DISCOUNT, theyincreased my rates. However, someone I know demolished their $80,000 glider and got a reduction in their insurance rate. How backwards is this??!! I didn't crash, I furthered my aviation education, and I get penalized!!!

Any advancement in an aviators knowledge, or additional safety feature installed, clearly reduces the chance of an accident. It's a crying shame that Costello doesn't have the common sense to recognize this.