Flying Schools and Public Liability
Was just watching A Current Affair who showed a story on a clown who entertained children in a Dubbo shopping centre. He is about to close his business when his public liabilty policy runs out and will not be renewed by his insurance company.
So where does this leave flying schools, instructors and other pilots......private or commercial? We are yet to see or hear of huge increases in pubic liabilty premiums for aviation businesses but I bet they are just around the corner. I just wonder how many business will simply close once hit with thes e huge premiums.
Can an instructor who is an employee be sued personally in the event of an accident, can he be sued perhaps 20 years down the track.
What about instructors that are forced to work as contractors by some schools. Does ths schools public liability insurence cover them or do they need their own.......in that case the cost could make it not viable to instruct.
Any ideas anyone??