Codemonkey was Tyson Wiehs I believe and very much departed even as an advisor to FF post Boeing purchase. Really nice guy who created a forward thinking company and a culture of GA pilots that still seems to exist today. I have met quite a few employees over the years…if pilot support says they...
Most Aviation policies (unlike other property policies) are 100% earned with a total loss with a payment by your carrier. So if you use your carrier and the policy has the clause you may not get any money back…I would also ask that question and take it into consideration.
I would notify your carrier then put them on hold until and when the other carrier either accepts or rejects liability and makes a tentative settlement. Lots can go sideways in Aviation insurance as so many things must be right for the Company to accept liability. Things like medicals...
I was in San Francisco this week and one broke down in front of the house…lit itself up with flashers and it’s ok pedestrian disco ball on the roof…blocked traffic for an hour and a half until a technician showed up.
Trying to figure out how to get sprag, translating, retreating, hanger, settling, droop stops into the conversation…but more so hope they figure out what happened…to absent companions…
When I went to flight school early 80s probably 50% of landings were one autorotation or another…including low level low airspeed 100ft/40knots for the Scout track, day and NVG. Annual A part check rides also often included an Auto to the ground if the unit IP was checked out and approved.Of...
Sadly it works that way in in Tort 101 but not so much in the real worlds of trial lawyers…in my case an unknown maintenance company, an FBO who happened to be on my home field and never as much touched my Arrow, and Garmin all sued and not a single Garmin product in the aircraft. All had to...