EAA Commended For Publishing A List Of Instructors Using Experimentals

[Geico266]

The NTSB commended the EAA for going above the recommendations for making finding experimental aircraft instructors easier to find.

http://safetycompass.wordpress.com/...ecommended-action-for-amateur-built-aircraft/

Training pilots prior to their fist flight seems like a no brainer, but the regs required the instructors to obtain an exemption from using E-ABs as trainers. That has changed and hopefully the accident rate will too.

 

[bnt83]

The NTSB commended the EAA for going above the recommendations for making finding experimental aircraft instructors easier to find.

http://safetycompass.wordpress.com/...ecommended-action-for-amateur-built-aircraft/

Training pilots prior to their fist flight seems like a no brainer, but the regs required the instructors to obtain an exemption from using E-ABs as trainers. That has changed and hopefully the accident rate will too.

Who needs training? Just get an RV that flys itself!

 

[steingar]

Training pilots prior to their fist flight seems like a no brainer, but the regs required the instructors to obtain an exemption from using E-ABs as trainers. That has changed and hopefully the accident rate will too.

The FAA could go a long way toward fixing this by making it easier for instructors to get exemptions for their aircraft. But I agree, it is a very good step forward and one of the reasons I'm proud to be an EAA member.

 

[Geico266]

The FAA could go a long way toward fixing this by making it easier for instructors to get exemptions for their aircraft. But I agree, it is a very good step forward and one of the reasons I'm proud to be an EAA member.

Exactly.

This is a perfect example of "unintended consequences" . The FAA rules prohibiting instructors from using E-AB for training actually led to the deaths of pilots not getting the transition training they needed.

 

[steingar]

Exactly.

This is a perfect example of "unintended consequences" . The FAA rules prohibiting instructors from using E-AB for training actually led to the deaths of pilots not getting the transition training they needed.

In agreement. To be honest, given the robust nature of experimental aircraft these days I don't see why some shouldn't be available for hire. That's an old, old rule based on a culture that has long since moved on.

 

[Geico266]

In agreement. To be honest, given the robust nature of experimental aircraft these days I don't see why some shouldn't be available for hire. That's an old, old rule based on a culture that has long since moved on.

Exactly right.

People get around this by forming partner ships anyway. You can't keep a partial owner of an LLC from flying his plane.

Why not just rent them?

 

[RyanShort1]

Why not just rent them?

Think of the children...

Ryan