Doesn't hurt to ask, but I'm sure they would be very wary
about liability and cost.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"GS" wrote in message
news | Jim Macklin wrote:
| I would seem that the data exchange would have to follow
an
| ARINC protocol for data exchange. If Garmin was looking
to
| helpful, you could copy your waypoint database to a CD
in
| several formats, such as Comma separated values, XLS and
| whatever else you can think of. Then send it to Garmin
with
| a request that they convert it to a format you can
install
| on your 530 and save as a back-up.
|
| You might also contact Jepesen and ask if they would
create
| an package for you, with appropriate sales and liability
| waivers.
|
| I'm not in the aviation business. I am in the medical
| device industry which is quite similar with these regards.
| I wouldn't be surprised that Garmin and Jepp refuses.
Doing
| one-off packages gets expensive for them and the liability
| would kill them if something happened. For comparison,
| I have heard (no idea the complete accuracy) that a
| major jet engine manufacturer who also makes medical
equipment
| got out of the medical linear accelerator market due to
the
| potential for being liable for an accident. Again, no
idea
| the accuracy of this but that is what I heard. Note, this
was
| after another smaller manufacturer had an incident that
killed
| 7 patients and ran them in bankruptcy nearly instantly.
So
| for a large company to this on on a one-off basis they
would
| have to have you sign a letter of indemnity plus charge
hundreds
| of dollars. Just my 2 cents.
|
| Gerald
|
|