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"Gary Drescher" wrote:
So my conclusion is that we just don't know, with any reasonable reliability, how YE's fatality rate compares with GA generally. Offhand, I don't know of any reason that a plantiff or insurer would care whether the FAA or NTSB knows that a flight was a YE flight; what reason do you see for that? On both points, fatal cases especially are thoroughly investigated. I was a witness on a fatal case, and since we all were from out of town, I had dinner with the guys by just showing up at the same restaurant that evening. They interview a whole bunch of people with any knowledge of the pilot and the flight. It might include exploring behind a pax a stranger to the pilot. They often need indirect evidence to understand what probably happened. This is likely what happened in the Colorado case, except no signed release to be found. I suspect at least 90% of YE flights are scheduled events. For a chapter member to just fly three kids in an extended family on a Saturday becomes such with a phone call or email to EAA. Why? Because EAA insurance coverage only partially covers you if at all for an ad hoc flight on your own. To get self-protection of the full $1 million, follow simple rules. For an unfavorable fatal rate, we'd be looking for about 5-6 more cases where the fact of a fatal ad hoc, YE flight among the 10% didn't turn up in the investigation. Highly improbable beyond the fact that on those flights you likely know the parents, like of the neighbor's kid, and act very responsibly. Fred F. |
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