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Old 10-03-2006 | 01:01 PM
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Gordon Mc
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Default RE: Club Jet Rules

Ditto - there are enough AMA special rules for turbines, that the clubs generally don't need any more (unless they want to have a no-turbines during fire-season rule).

For all of the rule categories listed, I see no real reason why turbine ruless should be any different than for other proulsion types.

It has been my experience that it is better to come up with guidelines that you ask the local turbine guys to abide by voluntarily, than to craft extra club rules.

e.g. looking at some of your categories: if you get your fellow jet jocks to voluntarily agree to have another turbine guy to look over your new aircraft before it's maiden, the other club guys who see that tend to look at the jet crowd as "careful, safety-focused guys who go out of their way to ensure that they won't cause an incident" ; conversely if you install a club rule that says "Turbine powered aircraft must be safety inspected ..." then whenever a newbie asks "why is this rule only for turbines?" someone will tell him "It's coz turbines are REALLY dangerous" ... and so the misinformation spreads. Now you have achieved the opposite of what you want ... you've made the average club guy believe that turbines are inherently unsafe ; next stop may well be the club voting to ban these "dangerous" aircraft.