Girl Scouts and aviation??

I have 2 ADHD kids and 1 Downs Syndrome. Funny but most of the time they are
the better ones, it's the 14 or 15 year old who thinks he knows it all......

Have been a SM since 1994, 2 Nat Jambo's, 1 Philmont, all over CA, they
still surprise me.......


"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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BTW: Here are the BSA forms...
Flight Permit itself http://www.scouting.org/pubs/gss/forms/23-672.pdf
"Tour Permit" (includes protection for the car ride out, this is VERY
important to BSA) http://www.scouting.org/forms/34426.pdf
The second permit will probably be done by the BSA leader. We all keep
all the car insurance information ,etc ready so its pretty quick to
just put it down on the form (we don't collect that information each
time).

Both permit applications need to be presented to your local council.
Council will sign it and stamp it.

I can tell you of several stores (both BSA and Girl Scouts) where
leaders were sued by parents after kids broke arms, etc on a trip. In
each case the permits were presented to the BSA attorney and they took
it from there.
Remember, these are kids. Many can be impulsive and awkward. The odds
of a kid falling down and getting hurt while walking out to the plane
is actually quite high.
Of course, as you get into the older boys (Adventure Scouts, etc) you
are then dealing with near-adults who are old enough to actually take
lessons.



-Robert

Ross Richardson wrote:

Years ago our chapter decided not to fly Boy Scouts as a scout function
because of their rules. We tried to work with the local council and did
not win. We will fly scouts and for merit badges, but they come as
individuals out of uniform. BTW the $1M is covered by national EAA if
the pilot/owner has the mininum insurance.

Yep, and that's how I did it. I was actually flying boy scouts when
my engine blew up. The EAA thanked me for not killing any young eagles.
We didn't bother telling the Boy Scouts.

Its to cover the BSA leaders (we're all volunteers). I don't believe
anyone claimed the policy was for the pilot. However, both BSA and EAA
require the parents to sign releases, whatever that is worth.

-Robert

John,
Are you still in the Bay Area or did you move out? I know you talked
about moving several years ago.

-Robert

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in
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Are you still in the Bay Area or did you move out? I know you talked
about moving several years ago.

Still here .. have you been doing any Angel Flights lately? I'm
currently trying to get to Las Vegas to pick up our plane and fly it
back to RHV. Weather's been a tad iffy here lately.

Been taking a few trips to scout out places to move to .. nothing so
far.

--

I haven't done much with Angel Flight. I stopped being an AF CFI after
they told me I needed to sign people off but couldn't fly with them. I
was concerned that I was being exposed to liability since my CFI
insurance doesn't cover giving endorsements w/o flying with the
student.

I've actually been so busy working on my MBA, working, Scout leader,
CFIing, etc I haven't been able to fly any AF missions. I'd like to get
back into it, when I get time though!!

-Robert