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AND THE NEXT MEETING IS NOW OFFICIAL FOR SATURDAY THE 16th 11:00 AM AT THE LANDING ZONE. ALL MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE AND BRING YOUR OWN CHAIRS AND DRINKS. WE WILL PROVIDE THE SHADE!!
Yes. We’re trying to add to the bylaws of the club to accept other forms of rating system such as USHPA, IPPI, FAI and AUA. And if you are rated by any of these you will qualify to safely fly here by adding the CSS membership and waver so the DWR, National Forest, and the XC ranch will be covered as we have in our current policy. If it passes by majority member vote, instructors will be able to transfer all credentials from USHPA and no longer will be needed the 30 day temporary USHPA membership for tandems or lessons. Only the new waiver being redesigned by the club. It might be called in the future a contract and not a waiver, But if you’re an instructor and want to better protect your assets you will be free to choose a better and stronger company to provide you with that policy, another way to open the door for personal choices like adding your paragliding school to an umbrella policy from your home insurance. Basically we’re trying to make our club better for everyone and being more inclusive to members like Zack majors that could not teach here under the RRRG program. And Dusty Rodes that only does tandems and don’t teach primary students, or Luke weaver that only teaches his best friends to share the passion of the sport, and Chris Tillier that brings family and friends from work to have a fun weekend with them. I hope I answered your questions and concerns and I’m glad that you are helping other members understand what the board of CSS is working for.
Since the FAA does not require insurance for you to operate and fly a hanglider or a paraglider AUA does not offer insurance. Aviation insurance is a flaw in the USHPA concept. Greedy lawyers will love to hear the word insurance so they can collect a fat paycheck. No insurance no law suit. No lawyer will take a case if there’s no money to be made. In our case we have to have GLI general liability insurance required by the DWR to keep our lease. Aviation insurance is not required by the FAA or the DWR for the practice of our sport. The rating system AUA has now is the same used by the FAA for Sport Pilots and we are trying to add an extra more simplified pilot rating system similar to all international PG and HG rating system used all over the world like the FAI. That also will take board meetings so we can come on an agreement for a simple and effective rating system. Again it will be OPTIONAL FOR MEMBERS. if you thing the USHPA rating system works for you it’s a choice of everyone of us. You also will be able to have both like I do. We’re trying to offer choices and not live under a monopoly. Back in the early 90’s we used to have APA American Paragliding Association that merged with the former USHGA to cut the costs on the insurance provided by loyds of London making USHGA the only entity to provide cheap GLI to small clubs and pilots anywhere in the United States. But it was third party liability insurance only, not aviation or pilot on pilot type of incident. More detailed explanation will be available in the general club meeting coming up soon, I’m trying to find a date for the meeting that will work for everyone or most members.
AUA is owned and administered by Ed Pittman and yes I’ve been a member of it for 2 years now and if the club decides to accept this new rating system it will be a decision made by all members of the club. The system is equivalent to USHPA with an even stronger and more complete FAA exemption. The cost now to be an AUA member is only $50 per year regardless if you’re a tandem instructor or just a pilot, it is a simple form of administration like USHGA used to be back in the day before the junction of APA and USHGA. The club should have no problem in accepting this rating system and that means you can choose who’s tandem exemption you want to be under, if you love the way USHPA manages your ratings you can stay with them or you can join AUA and have the freedom every paraglider or hanglider would love to have. Stan, Jaipal and I took a trip to AUA headquarters to ask questions about insurance, FAA interaction, rating system, pilot protection from law suites, expansion AUA services to our club members and how that would work.
We were really happy with our meeting with the entire board of AUA and they said they could serve CSS members starting now and if one day the president of AUA for some reason can’t continue the job, he said someone will take over and AUA will never die. If anyone has any questions about AUA or wants to become a member call me and I will explain more. 714 608 3451- The professional drawing above is just a sketch over a google map print of the property boundaries of the club, with just some INITIAL IDEAS of how we could solve the tight spaces in the parking lot and an attempt to organize the RV and Van parking for the overnight staying pilots, so if you don’t have anything constructive to say or great ideas to help with this issue just save your hate towards the volunteers that are actually trying to improve the club.
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