Crashem

It was not so very long ago that there was a 'builder of model' rule in virtually all AMA events. It required that the pilot fly a model he had built and not one that required a 'few hours of unskilled labor'. It was considered the duty of modeler's to pass on the skills necessary to produce a plane. Obviously that attitude has change. There are still quite a few older modeler's that feel that way. The skill of flying the plane is still looked on by many as a duty to be passed on. It's time for that attitude to go by the wayside as well.


nascarjoe

The following was received from Carl Maroney:

"The AMA member and club liability insurance policy does cover instructors paid by the club to teach new members to fly. Although the policy does not insure commercial enterprise or business pursuits, instruction by members compensated by the club for that instruction is covered in the situation you describe.

The policy does not insure any business owned or operated by a member under any circumstances. Only the individual instructor is insured."


The way I read that is that there is no coverage for anyone when a commercial venture is involved, instructor or student. When your coupled to a transmitter by a buddy box, I can't see that there is any other way to read it.

The complete text of the e-mail is posted in another thread.

JR