Opinions on AOPA legal services ?

Hi again,
I am about 10 hours from my Commercial ticket and plan to have my CFI
my the end of the year.

AOPA legal plan would be ~$52/year for Commercial/CFI

Any comments...good/bad/indifferent???

Thanks, Don
Don Byrer
Instrument Pilot Commercial/CFI Student
Electronics Technician, RADAR/Data/Comm @ CLE
Amateur Radio KJ5KB

"I have slipped the surly bonds of earth; now if I can just land without bending the gear..."

Don Byrer wrote:
Hi again,
I am about 10 hours from my Commercial ticket and plan to have my CFI
my the end of the year.
AOPA legal plan would be ~$52/year for Commercial/CFI
Any comments...good/bad/indifferent???

I never had it until two years ago.
Now, I include it with each year's renewal.
It's not just the FAA you have to contend with nowadays.
Without some type of insurance to cover legal advice, the government
will roll over you.

When I went for my FAA interview for my current job the FSDO dude asked
me if I was a member of AOPA. I said yes then he asked if I had the
legal services plan. I said no. He said "get it!". I did.
I fly the ADIZ and FRZ five times a week.
Michelle

Don Byrer wrote:

Hi again,
I am about 10 hours from my Commercial ticket and plan to have my CFI
my the end of the year.

AOPA legal plan would be ~$52/year for Commercial/CFI

Any comments...good/bad/indifferent???

Thanks, Don
Don Byrer
Instrument Pilot Commercial/CFI Student
Electronics Technician, RADAR/Data/Comm @ CLE
Amateur Radio KJ5KB

"I have slipped the surly bonds of earth; now if I can just land without bending the gear..."

Don Byrer wrote:

Any comments...good/bad/indifferent???

I regard it as cheap insurance. The yearly cost wouldn't pay for 15 minutes of a
lawyer's time if I got in trouble.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

Read the fine print. It's useless.


"Don Byrer" wrote in message
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Hi again,
I am about 10 hours from my Commercial ticket and plan to have my CFI
my the end of the year.

AOPA legal plan would be ~$52/year for Commercial/CFI

Any comments...good/bad/indifferent???

Thanks, Don
Don Byrer
Instrument Pilot Commercial/CFI Student
Electronics Technician, RADAR/Data/Comm @ CLE
Amateur Radio KJ5KB

"I have slipped the surly bonds of earth; now if I can just land without
bending the gear..."

Terry Briggs wrote:
Read the fine print. It's useless.


Care to elaborate?

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"Terry Briggs" wrote:

Read the fine print. It's useless.




Wow, great comments...

??????

Hmm, I read the fine print and your COMMENTS are worthless!

--
Chris Schmelzer, MD
University of Arizona, UPH Kino

I'm a participating attorney on the plan. I don't know what other
participating attorneys do, but I field at least a call every week from
a pilot, aircraft owner, or other interested aviation person who needs
legal advice. I dispense it free of charge, albeit with the hope that
if it passes beyond that first call, I'll get retained and perhaps
compensated for my efforts.

Just my $.02, but a single half-hour consult at the plan rate of $150
an hour means you're getting $75 of value for your $52.

Blue skies to all,

Darrell Clay
Cleveland, Ohio
http://ifrpilot.blogspot.com

On 6 Sep 2005 13:57:26 -0700, "
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I dispense it free of charge,

Darrell Clay,

Thank you for your input on this matter. But isn't it customary for
the majority of attorneys to provide an initial phone consultation to
potential clients without fee? At least that's been my experience. If
so, what benefit accrues to the AOPA Legal Services plan member for
the fee he pays? I have some idea of the answer to that question, but
I'd like to hear your response. Thanks again.

Rick's post summarizes much of my same thinking on this matter. In
many cases I will happily consult with folks free of charge; but to be
honest, there are traps that are easy to fall into when you do that,
and so attorneys have to be circumspect about the extent to which they
will provide legal advice and guidance to persons who may or may not
end up retaining the attorney.

And, for what it's worth, even though I'm a plan attorney, I'm also a
member. Just in case *I* need a good lawyer.

Blue skies,

Darrell Clay
Cleveland, Ohio
http://ifrpilot.blogspot.com