 Insurance ?
Perhaps an experimental issue. My policy says named pilot (& BPPP - Beach
Profic. Pilot Prog.) THEN lists requires for additional pilots (500hrs, 100
time in type I think)
Thx, {|;-)
Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.
"Kyle Boatright" <kboatright1@> wrote in message
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>I received my insurance update information today for my RV-6.
>
> My policy is a "named pilot" only policy, which means Patty Wagstaff or
> Sean Tucker wouldn't be insured on it unless they were approved by the
> insurance company and added to the named pilot list. Fair enough - I'm the
> ONLY pilot on my airplane.
>
> The odd thing is that the underwriter wants me to apply for named pilot
> status for any instructor I use. They want hours, time in type (and
> exactly how many flight schools have RV-6's for instructors to build time
> in?), tailwheel hours, etc. Makes absolutely no sense to me, because
> whoever is in the right seat when I'm getting a BFR isn't a "pilot" as
> such. S/he doesn't have access to throttle or brakes, and I usually don't
> even have a stick installed on the right side.
>
> So why does the insurance underwriter want to limit me to "named only"
> instructors? The instructor can't be PIC and can't wreck the airplane, so
> why does s/he need to be named?
>
> Makes no &%$!! sense to me.
>
> KB
>
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