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US pilots concerned with collision avoidance, read the FLARM threads
Trial lawyers are a powerful lobby in the US, and they would thwart any
attempt to limit liability. It has been attempted before on medical issues and failed. The trial lawyer associations can outspend any group that attempts, for the purpose of public policy and safety, to impose limits on liability. Sadly, congresssmen are controlled by that lobby and will not use reason and common sense to pass a law that would protect general aviation - or any other group. And, collectively, the trial lawyers have absolutely no conscience. I am a lawyer and embarassed by how the system has got out of hand. Colin |
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US pilots concerned with collision avoidance, read the FLARMthreads
COLIN LAMB wrote:
Trial lawyers are a powerful lobby in the US, and they would thwart any attempt to limit liability. It has been attempted before on medical issues and failed. The trial lawyer associations can outspend any group that attempts, for the purpose of public policy and safety, to impose limits on liability. Sadly, congresssmen are controlled by that lobby and will not use reason and common sense to pass a law that would protect general aviation - or any other group. And, collectively, the trial lawyers have absolutely no conscience. Congress did pass a very important law limiting general aviation liability several years ago. It limited the aircraft manufacturers liability for aircraft more 18 years old (as best I can remember). This liability limitation is credited with much/most of the resurgence in the "low end" (say, under a million dollars) general aviation sector. A trial lawyer friend of mine whose primary clients were aircraft manufacturers said his business tanked after the law was enacted. He's replaced those clients with a tire manufacturer or two, and other businesses, so he's doing fine again. So, it is possible for congress to do good things, and remember there is a trial lawyer on each side, which you might say suggests that half of them have a conscience! Regardless, none of this addresses the question of how the TPAS manufacturers deal with the liability issue, or what the issue really is. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly "Transponders in Sailplanes" on the Soaring Safety Foundation website www.soaringsafety.org/prevention/articles.html "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" at www.motorglider.org |
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US pilots concerned with collision avoidance, read the FLARM threads
Eric Greenwell wrote: Regardless, none of this addresses the question of how the TPAS manufacturers deal with the liability issue, or what the issue really is. Or the perceived issue. Doubt it's easy to start legal action in North America against a Swiss company. If liability was a serious problem, none of our toys would be available in North America. All of these traffic warning devices are second oppinions. Of course see and be seen is the first. And of course, that is mentioned in the FLARM manual. Unfortunately there have been times that see and be seen didn't work, so a second oppinion is good. Remember, the rest of the instrument panel is essentially a second oppinion too. You can fly without an audio vario, but it's a great help in finding the core of a weak thermal, just as a device such as FLARM will help maintain awareness of other aircraft, while still too distant to be easily seen. Jim |
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