Legal advice
- Thread starter mshunter
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Disagree.
This town isn't big enuff for lawyer and doctor to occupy the same space......
Stomp16
You mean Shennanigans?!?!
If we had an actual aviation lawyer participating the way Dr. Forred does for the medical side, then I would go with yes. If not, then no way. We don't need amateurs giving out legal advice IMHO.
MidlifeFlyer
Well-Known Member
That's the problem. Doug raised this once before.
Legal advice is so fact-specific and fact-intensive that you'd probably get is generalizations and disclaimers. No one would be getting any real advice. A lawyer's malpractice insurer would have a fit if a lawyer claimed he or she was giving legal advice on an internet forum.
OTOH there are legal forums out there where different people contribute to the answers and, if there is enough of an interest, a topic area that focuses on legal/regulatory questions might not be a bad idea for a subject area. Right now those questions seem to pop up in 2 or 3 different topic areas. I've seen sites where a legal-specific topic area was successful and others where it's never used.
AviatorGator
Well-Known Member
Everyone likes to knock lawyers right up until they need one.
I think it's a great idea. I don't think you'll get a lot of questions (certainly not as many as the medical forum) but if an aviation attorney is willing to donate a little bit of time for the sake of everyone on this forum, why wouldn't you take that opportunity?
I think it's a great idea. I don't think you'll get a lot of questions (certainly not as many as the medical forum) but if an aviation attorney is willing to donate a little bit of time for the sake of everyone on this forum, why wouldn't you take that opportunity?
CN94559
New Member
If that is fully how the forum stayed, I would be all for it, but I think it would end up like the medical forum kinda is. People answering before the doc can. If this was the case with legal information, it could end very poorly for those who took the advice of a random poster, and potentially end up in a very bad legal situation.
My .02
Murdoughnut
Well sized member
Hey, were you with a student around 10:30am yesterday at UAC? I flew in for a top off and saw a guy that looked like he might be you, but wasn't sure. Just curious.
Maurus
The Great Gazoo
"What is an attorney but a graduate student that couldn't get into medical school." -Major Winchester III
AviatorGator
Well-Known Member
Now that I will agree with 1000%. It is terribly annoying and it would pollute a potential legal sub-forum just like people do to the medical forum now. Good point.
CN94559
New Member
Why thank you and honestly, that is the only reason I wouldn't want it. If it was just a lawyer answering, then im all for it!
MidlifeFlyer
Well-Known Member
Nice jewish boy who can't stand the sight of blood."What is an attorney but a graduate student that couldn't get into medical school." -Major Winchester III
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Can the threads be set so that only the lawyer can answer? Ex. The start of a new thread is made by the original poster and this locks in only 2 persons per thread but can be viewed by all.
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This is one I would really like to know! Any lawyer here to help in this thread?
http://forums.jetcareers.com/checkride-central/92606-complex-aircraft.html
http://forums.jetcareers.com/checkride-central/92606-complex-aircraft.html
CN94559
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MidlifeFlyer
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I still think folks are putting the cart before the horse.
A number of you appear to be thinking in terms of real "legal advice" not just an aviation lawyer's generalized input on a topic of interest. If that's what you are hoping for, IMO that a lawyer will be willing to give "legal advice" on an internet forum is highly questionable. If you could really find one who was willing, I'd be all for it.
A number of you appear to be thinking in terms of real "legal advice" not just an aviation lawyer's generalized input on a topic of interest. If that's what you are hoping for, IMO that a lawyer will be willing to give "legal advice" on an internet forum is highly questionable. If you could really find one who was willing, I'd be all for it.
