Rental policy

"If the PIC determines that the plane needs repair before being
flown, and the PIC has flown the plane away from its home location, the PIC
must remain with the plane for three (3) days while the plane is being
repaired. The PIC is responsible for all costs of his own lodging, food,
travel expenses, etc. during this three day period. If the PIC elects to
leave the plane during this three day repair period, you are responsible for
the smaller of $5 per mile or $1000 for an FBO staff member to retreive the
plane."


I've never seen something like that before. I wouldn't fly there.


It shouldn't really affect you in any case. If you take off in
a plane you know needs to be repaired, you are violating
the FARs as well as the rental policy. Just fly legally and
it won't apply to you.


"if you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to be afraid of"

Suppose you take off in a good airplane, land in Kalazazoo, and the vacuum
system dies. Not your fault. You didn't take off (to Kalamazoo) in a plane
that you knew needed repairs; in fact it didn't. But now you're there, and the
lawyers eat you.

Run, don't walk.

Jose




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The lawyers would starve on this one!

This only applies if the pilot knew about the problem before taking off...

"Teacherjh" wrote in message
...

"If the PIC determines that the plane needs repair before being
flown, and the PIC has flown the plane away from its home location, the
PIC
must remain with the plane for three (3) days while the plane is being
repaired. The PIC is responsible for all costs of his own lodging, food,
travel expenses, etc. during this three day period. If the PIC elects to
leave the plane during this three day repair period, you are responsible
for
the smaller of $5 per mile or $1000 for an FBO staff member to retreive
the
plane."


I've never seen something like that before. I wouldn't fly there.


It shouldn't really affect you in any case. If you take off in
a plane you know needs to be repaired, you are violating
the FARs as well as the rental policy. Just fly legally and
it won't apply to you.


"if you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to be afraid of"

Suppose you take off in a good airplane, land in Kalazazoo, and the vacuum
system dies. Not your fault. You didn't take off (to Kalamazoo) in a
plane
that you knew needed repairs; in fact it didn't. But now you're there,
and the
lawyers eat you.

Run, don't walk.

Jose




--
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Have you considered the possibility of something failing AFTER you've
departed? Stranger things have happened. Everyone is assuming that the
pilot is departing in an unairworthy plane. Alternators can fail. Birds
can strike the wing or windshield. Quit reading more into this than
there is.

Dave

Bill Denton wrote:

The lawyers would starve on this one!

This only applies if the pilot knew about the problem before taking off...

"Teacherjh" wrote in message
...

"If the PIC determines that the plane needs repair before being
flown, and the PIC has flown the plane away from its home location, the

PIC

must remain with the plane for three (3) days while the plane is being
repaired. The PIC is responsible for all costs of his own lodging, food,
travel expenses, etc. during this three day period. If the PIC elects to
leave the plane during this three day repair period, you are responsible

for

the smaller of $5 per mile or $1000 for an FBO staff member to retreive

the

plane."


I've never seen something like that before. I wouldn't fly there.


It shouldn't really affect you in any case. If you take off in
a plane you know needs to be repaired, you are violating
the FARs as well as the rental policy. Just fly legally and
it won't apply to you.


"if you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to be afraid of"

Suppose you take off in a good airplane, land in Kalazazoo, and the vacuum
system dies. Not your fault. You didn't take off (to Kalamazoo) in a

plane

that you knew needed repairs; in fact it didn't. But now you're there,

and the

lawyers eat you.

Run, don't walk.

Jose




--
(for Email, make the obvious changes in my address)

The lawyers would starve on this one!

The town had one lawyer. He was starving. Another moved in and now they are
both doing a brisk business.

Jose

--
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Thanks to everyone for their interpretations. I think I'll just check out
some more FBO's .... I'm sure someone else has comparable rates without
these types of restrictions.

Now if I could only afford my own plane.......

Robert

"Teacherjh" wrote in message
...

"If the PIC determines that the plane needs repair before being
flown, and the PIC has flown the plane away from its home location, the
PIC
must remain with the plane for three (3) days while the plane is being
repaired. The PIC is responsible for all costs of his own lodging, food,
travel expenses, etc. during this three day period. If the PIC elects to
leave the plane during this three day repair period, you are responsible
for
the smaller of $5 per mile or $1000 for an FBO staff member to retreive
the
plane."


I've never seen something like that before. I wouldn't fly there.


It shouldn't really affect you in any case. If you take off in
a plane you know needs to be repaired, you are violating
the FARs as well as the rental policy. Just fly legally and
it won't apply to you.


"if you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to be afraid of"

Suppose you take off in a good airplane, land in Kalazazoo, and the vacuum
system dies. Not your fault. You didn't take off (to Kalamazoo) in a
plane
that you knew needed repairs; in fact it didn't. But now you're there,
and the
lawyers eat you.

Run, don't walk.

Jose




--
(for Email, make the obvious changes in my address)

Actually, if you had the two-cents worth all of us have thrown in you could
afford your own plane!


"Robert" wrote in message
...
Thanks to everyone for their interpretations. I think I'll just check out
some more FBO's .... I'm sure someone else has comparable rates without
these types of restrictions.

Now if I could only afford my own plane.......

Robert

"Teacherjh" wrote in message
...

"If the PIC determines that the plane needs repair before being
flown, and the PIC has flown the plane away from its home location, the
PIC
must remain with the plane for three (3) days while the plane is being
repaired. The PIC is responsible for all costs of his own lodging,
food,
travel expenses, etc. during this three day period. If the PIC elects
to
leave the plane during this three day repair period, you are responsible
for
the smaller of $5 per mile or $1000 for an FBO staff member to retreive
the
plane."


I've never seen something like that before. I wouldn't fly there.


It shouldn't really affect you in any case. If you take off in
a plane you know needs to be repaired, you are violating
the FARs as well as the rental policy. Just fly legally and
it won't apply to you.


"if you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to be afraid of"

Suppose you take off in a good airplane, land in Kalazazoo, and the
vacuum
system dies. Not your fault. You didn't take off (to Kalamazoo) in a
plane
that you knew needed repairs; in fact it didn't. But now you're there,
and the
lawyers eat you.

Run, don't walk.

Jose




--
(for Email, make the obvious changes in my address)

Actually, if you had the two-cents worth all of us have thrown in you
could
afford your own plane!


Yeah, but, if he bought his own plane, flew it somewhere and something
broke, he would have to stay with it for three days and pay all the costs of
repairing it, getting it back, transportation if he had to go back and
forth, and any other expenses that might come up. He wouldn't even have the
protection of the FBO limit on having to stay with the plane only three
days.

Think how unfair all that would be!

--
Roger Long

On Thu, 06 May 2004 22:37:36 +0000, Roger Long wrote:

Actually, if you had the two-cents worth all of us have thrown in you
could
afford your own plane!


Yeah, but, if he bought his own plane, flew it somewhere and something
broke, he would have to stay with it for three days and pay all the costs of
repairing it, getting it back, transportation if he had to go back and
forth, and any other expenses that might come up. He wouldn't even have the
protection of the FBO limit on having to stay with the plane only three
days.

Think how unfair all that would be!

I can't fathom that you stated this. It's not the same. There is a
difference between being owner and responsible for it and being owner and
forcing your responsibility onto someone else.

"Bill Denton" wrote in message
...
Actually, if you had the two-cents worth all of us have thrown in you
could
afford your own plane!

LOL!

Thanks to everyone for their interpretations. I think I'll just
check out some more FBO's .... I'm sure someone else has comparable
rates without these types of restrictions.

Now if I could only afford my own plane.......

What would you do differently in this scenario if you had your own plane?