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Safety Pilot restrictions by the Insurance Company?
On 02/24/07 23:46, tscottme wrote:
"Jose" wrote in message ... By allowing non-club members to act as safety pilot in club aircraft isn't that a big loophole to allow pilots of unknown qualification access to club aircraft? Uh... "access to club aircraft"? Like the kind of access my non-club-member passengers have? Or my non-club-member-but-licensed-pilot passengers have? The club member remains PIC and remains resposible for the safety of the flight. What kind of "access" are you talking about? Without the restriction being discussed how does the club/insurance company control which pilots are risking the airplane? If club members are required to use safety pilots that are approved by the club, by virtue of being club members, there is some minimum of safety pilot qualification assured. Without the rule a club member can designate any warm body sitting in the right seat as safety pilot. First, the safety pilot must meet the FAA requirements of a safety pilot or he's not a safety pilot - he's just a passenger. Second, the club member PIC is fully responsible for the flight. What is being risked by a qualified pilot acting as safety pilot? The rule may not prevent unauthorized use any more than a "no flight instructing in aircraft rented by ABC Aviation without prior approval" but the rule seems just as reasonable. The rule is a bright line which informs club members specifically about an acitivity of increased risk. While pilots and insurance companies have been arguing for years about "who's in control" and PIC, etc. The rule seems to head off the ambiguity by requiring both pilots to be approved by virtue of membership. |
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