C525 missing over Lake Erie

For whatever it's worth, when I went to FSI for my C510S and my C525C ratings, they would even enroll someone without a minimum of 1,000 hours. This was a few years ago and perhaps that has changed.
 
FlyingAccountant said:
Here in Arizona, we have the “stupid motorist law” which states that if you go out and try and drive through a standing body of water when it rains and get yourself swamped, you’ll get charged for your own rescue.

That being said, I don’t agree with charging the estate for recovery operations. That’s what your tax dollars are for and it provides real world experience to the USCG and whoever else is participating. I don’t think he took off that night intending to crash.
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I understand the point you're trying to make. However, in all fairness, the motorists probably don't intend on having to be rescued! Their stupidity leads to the cost they have to pay and maybe the same is true with the CJ4 accident.

Lucky8888 said:
For whatever it's worth, when I went to FSI for my C510S and my C525C ratings, they would even enroll someone without a minimum of 1,000 hours. This was a few years ago and perhaps that has changed.
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I don't understand the point you're trying to make......
 
obx said:
I'm sure the family of the two fatally unsuspecting and trusting pax will rightfully sue the pilot's estate.
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Sue the insurance company, sure. But don't go so sue happy that you take his surviving family out of their homes. The attitude of "SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR THIS!" is wrong. Someone already did, he's dead too.
 
mshunter said:
Sue the insurance company, sure. But don't go so sue happy that you take his surviving family out of their homes. The attitude of "SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR THIS!" is wrong. Someone already did, he's dead too.
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I've read in more than one place that EVERYONE gets sued in an airplane accident, and then the lawyers start picking the whole furball apart. Sorta like the pile-on for a fumble.

My limited observation seems to indicate that this is the norm.
 
killbilly said:
I've read in more than one place that EVERYONE gets sued in an airplane accident, and then the lawyers start picking the whole furball apart. Sorta like the pile-on for a fumble.

My limited observation seems to indicate that this is the norm.
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What worries me about this, is if I happen to was one up, my 10 year old son, and 5 year old daughter could end up paying the price for it.
 
killbilly said:
I've read in more than one place that EVERYONE gets sued in an airplane accident, and then the lawyers start picking the whole furball apart. Sorta like the pile-on for a fumble.

My limited observation seems to indicate that this is the norm.
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That's civil litigation in general. Sue everyone in sight, especially the ones with the deepest pockets, and let the courts sort it out.

mshunter said:
What worries me about this, is if I happen to was one up, my 10 year old son, and 5 year old daughter could end up paying the price for it.
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You could utilize a trust(s) if you have substantial assets to worry about. An umbrella policy might not be a bad idea either.
 
. I don't understand the point you're trying to make......[/QUOTE said:
Actually, I made a typo in my post. My point being is I wasn't aware FSI accepted students on this air frame with less than 1000 hours. Perhaps that has changed. I seriously doubt the pilot had only 400 hours TT.
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