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At Dear Ol' AVL Airport, Asheville, NC
In order to be a flight instructor you need 5,000 feet hangar space, 1,500
feet office space, plus two airplanes, one of which must be IFR certified. This is the official rule, in writing and enforced by the airport authority. What this effectively does is exclude any competition for the one flight school on the airport. There is also another loopy rule which excludes A&P's from working on aircraft at this airport, unless for the monopoly on the field. Check to see if there are any conspiracies in restraint of trade or competition at your airport. You may have a bizarre rule like this giving someone or a company a monopoly on your airport. These illegal, unAmerican rules founded on greed will shortly be dissolved or litigated, you can be sure of it. |
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" jls" wrote in message .. .
In order to be a flight instructor you need 5,000 feet hangar space, 1,500 feet office space, plus two airplanes, one of which must be IFR certified. This is the official rule, in writing and enforced by the airport authority. What this effectively does is exclude any competition for the one flight school on the airport. There is also another loopy rule which excludes A&P's from working on aircraft at this airport, unless for the monopoly on the field. Check to see if there are any conspiracies in restraint of trade or competition at your airport. You may have a bizarre rule like this giving someone or a company a monopoly on your airport. These illegal, unAmerican rules founded on greed will shortly be dissolved or litigated, you can be sure of it. ************************************************** ****************************** We had the same kind of situation at a county airport in San Bernardino county, Calif. We did some research and found that if the airport got any federal funding they could not allow a monopoly on the airport.The federal funding would stop and refunds were in order. We flooded the airport commission with our members and others and won out over the county stooges. That was about 1980. Bob Olds ************************************************** ****************************** |
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"Bob Olds" wrote in message om... ************************************************** ************************** **** We had the same kind of situation at a county airport in San Bernardino county, Calif. We did some research and found that if the airport got any federal funding they could not allow a monopoly on the airport.The federal funding would stop and refunds were in order. We flooded the airport commission with our members and others and won out over the county stooges. That was about 1980. Bob Olds Thanks, Bob, for that encouraging report. |
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Did you ever consider the insurance the airport operator carries and the
restrictions their policy might have? If an incident occurs at that airport or to a plane which departed from that airport you can bet, in todays litigious society, that a suit will be filed naming the airport operators. The flight school there, especially in this post 911 world, has an enormous premium to pay. As a free lance CFI what insurance coverage do you have to protect the airport operator at AVL from the outcome of your teaching actions? Most likely none! So you want to make money at the expense of others and you call THEM unamerican? The same goes for A&P's, maintenance shops and fuel concessions. The law-suit happy world we find ourselves in has made insurance damn near impossible to afford or even get. Free lance A&Ps operating on an airport expose the airport operator to litigation and don't contribute a penny to their insurance. When the feces hits the fan the free-lancers run for the hills and the fixed base businesses are stuck holding the bag. ALV's requirement that a business maintain a reasonable presence on their grounds is not uncommon nor is the incidence of free lancers who protest about it. There is no difference to this than an person driving an uninsured car, getting involved in an accident and then expecting to simply walk away from their obligation or have the uninsured motorist fund cover their damages. GaryP " jls" wrote in message .. . In order to be a flight instructor you need 5,000 feet hangar space, 1,500 feet office space, plus two airplanes, one of which must be IFR certified. This is the official rule, in writing and enforced by the airport authority. What this effectively does is exclude any competition for the one flight school on the airport. There is also another loopy rule which excludes A&P's from working on aircraft at this airport, unless for the monopoly on the field. Check to see if there are any conspiracies in restraint of trade or competition at your airport. You may have a bizarre rule like this giving someone or a company a monopoly on your airport. These illegal, unAmerican rules founded on greed will shortly be dissolved or litigated, you can be sure of it. |
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It seems to me they could require that anyone doing business on their
airport carry an insurance policy to protect the airport from litigation which makes more sense than requiring huge buildings and expensive facilities. Next thing you know they'll prohibit you from flying there from another airport and doing a few touch and go's just in case you might have an accident on their airport! John GaryP wrote: Did you ever consider the insurance the airport operator carries and the restrictions their policy might have? If an incident occurs at that airport or to a plane which departed from that airport you can bet, in todays litigious society, that a suit will be filed naming the airport operators. The flight school there, especially in this post 911 world, has an enormous premium to pay. As a free lance CFI what insurance coverage do you have to protect the airport operator at AVL from the outcome of your teaching actions? |
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Ultrajohn
Not unusual. Been there and had it happen. Wouldn't even let the FBO on field shoot landings (except final after a mission). Said it bothered the Corporate Jets ( Big John `````````````````````````````````````````````````` ```````````````````````````````````````````` On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:46:09 GMT, UltraJohn wrote: It seems to me they could require that anyone doing business on their airport carry an insurance policy to protect the airport from litigation which makes more sense than requiring huge buildings and expensive facilities. Next thing you know they'll prohibit you from flying there from another airport and doing a few touch and go's just in case you might have an accident on their airport! John GaryP wrote: Did you ever consider the insurance the airport operator carries and the restrictions their policy might have? If an incident occurs at that airport or to a plane which departed from that airport you can bet, in todays litigious society, that a suit will be filed naming the airport operators. The flight school there, especially in this post 911 world, has an enormous premium to pay. As a free lance CFI what insurance coverage do you have to protect the airport operator at AVL from the outcome of your teaching actions? |
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On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 17:12:30 -0500, Barnyard BOb -
wrote: Plain and simple??? Not exactly. I'm older than dirt. No question I wuz here first. The problem with being first so long ago leaves one crony-less. It ain't easy extorting a paycheck under these conditions. Hey Bob, when wuz the last time you tried to get anybody thrown off a public airport for the mere act of exercising their pilot or mechanic certificates? If you ever have, then my name is Latchless. 8^) ================================================== == Del Rawlins-- Unofficial Bearhawk FAQ website: http://www.rawlinsbrothers.org/bhfaq/ Remove _kills_spammers_ to reply |
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