After reading Joe B's last post my reaction was that Lancair is attempting to insert itself between the pilot/owners and the insurance companies. 

 

I am very much in favor of standardized training and I don't have a problem with first inspections being done by a Lancair qualified/trained DAR.  What I do have a problem with is having to get a Lancair representative's sign-off each year before I can get insurance.  I personally don't want a private for-profit company having this kind of control over my ability to get insurance and therefore be able to fly my plane. 

 

With the LOBO approach, I can seek out any properly trained and certified instructor to obtain recurrent training and have that instructor certify that it was conducted according to the approved syllabus.  I DO NOT want to have to get Lancair's approval of that training.  Single source for anything, in my opinion, is bad!!

 

I'm joining LOBO today.

 

 

LS

500 hrs on my ES