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Old 07-07-2009, 03:54 PM
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Kevin Greene
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Default RE: Safety Violations

ORIGINAL: KC36330

it's two different statements, one being that the two people who sign off the people you see who can't fly and are a danger to themselves and others (the ones Kevin spoke of) could care less that they signed off someone, the second was that going by the video you posted, i as a turbine CD would not have signed you off on that flight. if something caused you to divert that's well and fine, but you'd of had to fly again for me to have signed you off. i don't expect anyone to make a perfect landing every time, especially someone who's got the newbie nerves like I'm sure you had when doing the demonstration flight but after working on full scale jets and helis for the last 19 yrs i don't sign anything off that isn't IMO 100%, your posted flight being one such example. i take just as much responsibility in my signature saying whomever is a qualified RC turbine pilot as i do signing off the log book on the full scales.
Good post...

Do any of you Turbine CD's understand (I believe that KC does due to his obvious care for safety) that YOU CAN BE SUED FOR DAMAGES if you sign off someone that isn't qualified and he/she crashes and causes bodily harm/property damages???....Before you sign someone off you better know that you are literally putting your ***** on the line for monetary damages if the person really cannot fly...And I'm not so sure that you wouldn't be sued anyway even if the guy could fly but caused damages in this litigous society...

Turbine CD's....You had better have all of your I's dotted and your T's crossed before you sign a guy off!!!

Kevin