schmookeeg
En-Route
Hello,
A CFI buddy of mine relayed a story to me and it has me scratching my head a bit.
He did an insurance checkout for a student in a retract ~2 months ago.
That student had a gear-up mishap recently.
AOPA is the insurer.
AOPA called my buddy, the CFI, asking about the checkout and to verify that he met the Open Pilot warranty during the checkout (he did -- the owner apparently didn't get around to naming the CFI as requested). Here's the weird part -- they then requested that my buddy sign a document stating that he was supervising the solo of that student. He was not. He was not in the aircraft. He doesn't even live in the same state as the insured.
Anyone ever heard of this? What possible purpose could it serve, since my buddy was not in the aircraft at the time of the gear-up? Other than to hang the CFI out in some weird way that I don't understand.
My buddy has CFI insurance but since he wasn't in the plane, I don't see how there is any liability here (or coverage), other than civil (if they choose to go down that road with some "flimsy instruction" theory, I've never heard of it), or causing a snit with the FAA and a posssssssible 709 ride? (never heard of that for a CFI either, just an interview-and-thanks approach)
Curious if others have experienced this. My eyebrow is at peak arch over the situation and I have no advice for him.
Cheers,
- Mike
A CFI buddy of mine relayed a story to me and it has me scratching my head a bit.
He did an insurance checkout for a student in a retract ~2 months ago.
That student had a gear-up mishap recently.
AOPA is the insurer.
AOPA called my buddy, the CFI, asking about the checkout and to verify that he met the Open Pilot warranty during the checkout (he did -- the owner apparently didn't get around to naming the CFI as requested). Here's the weird part -- they then requested that my buddy sign a document stating that he was supervising the solo of that student. He was not. He was not in the aircraft. He doesn't even live in the same state as the insured.
Anyone ever heard of this? What possible purpose could it serve, since my buddy was not in the aircraft at the time of the gear-up? Other than to hang the CFI out in some weird way that I don't understand.
My buddy has CFI insurance but since he wasn't in the plane, I don't see how there is any liability here (or coverage), other than civil (if they choose to go down that road with some "flimsy instruction" theory, I've never heard of it), or causing a snit with the FAA and a posssssssible 709 ride? (never heard of that for a CFI either, just an interview-and-thanks approach)
Curious if others have experienced this. My eyebrow is at peak arch over the situation and I have no advice for him.
Cheers,
- Mike