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**Benjamin Dover** · June 24th 08, 07:50 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student

Le Chaud Lapin wrote in news:8b1893ba-2e4e-42fb-
:

On Jun 24, 9:45*am, wrote:
On Jun 23, 1:55 pm, wrote:
* * * * Cessna says that a full third of the selling price goes t
oward
set-asides and insurance for them against possible future lawsuits
involving that airplane. The actual manufacturing cost, once that
third is removed and profit taken out, would be much lower. That
doesn't help us, of course, since lawyers and stupid juries and
irresponsible "pilots" will make sure it stays that way.

One has to wonder if Cessna would allow a that 1/3 (or 1/4 or 1/8) to
be given back to the buyer as a rebate in exchange for
indemnification.

I would imagine that life-insurance actuaries would be happy to
receive $70,000 lump-sum in exchange for various life-insurance and
other policies.

I guess it all depends on how often pilots crash.

-Le Chaud Lapin-

You don't know **** from shinola about aviation OR insurance OR anything
else, fjuktjard.