Verifying a club members pilot certificate and other paperwork

On Mar 15, 8:21*pm, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 3/15/2011 5:41 PM, T8 wrote:

On Mar 15, 2:45 pm, *wrote:

Maybe we are all more trusting in this sport than we ought to be?

I really don't think so. * I've only ever been towed by one guy that
turned out (I found out about ten years later) not to have a license.

We had a similar problem, where a long time glider and tow pilot in our
club lost his license, but continued to tow for us anyway without
telling us. We were shocked when we found out, because it invalidated
our insurance, so we were paying a lot money for no protection. The lack
of protection for the club and the owners of the towplane was the
biggest issue, of course.

So, it happens. I think the tow pilots should be asked about supplying a
copy of their license and proof of currency every year, as a minimum.
It's in their interest, too, if they value the club and it's members;
and if they don't, maybe they are a poor choice for a towpilot.

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)

in addition, all CFIG's should be asked to show their paperwork also.
I would hate to have a student pilot find out all their instructional
flights were invalidated due to a out-of-currency CFIG, especially if
the student was a child..........imagine all that hard earned money
for lessons going to waste!

Brad