Ed_Wischmeyer
Well Known Member
When I got my RV-9A recently, I was unable to find anybody who gave RV-9A training, and I know from experience that the short wing RVs do not fly like the -9A. After making sure that I could land the plane well, I decided to check myself out, just like glider pilots do in single seaters. (I've got roughly 450 hours in short wing RVs).
So now that I'm getting comfortable in the -9A, the question is, why don't I dust off my CFI and give checkouts in my -9A? The answer is insurance -- I was given an off the cuff estimate that my insurance would triple to about three grand if I were to give checkouts.
So unless I were somehow to give a whole lot of dual, I'd be paying maybe $100 / hour for insurance, plus what I needed to charge for airplane, gas, and my own time.
Hmmm...
So now that I'm getting comfortable in the -9A, the question is, why don't I dust off my CFI and give checkouts in my -9A? The answer is insurance -- I was given an off the cuff estimate that my insurance would triple to about three grand if I were to give checkouts.
So unless I were somehow to give a whole lot of dual, I'd be paying maybe $100 / hour for insurance, plus what I needed to charge for airplane, gas, and my own time.
Hmmm...