117 Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Pilots and Aircraft Owners – Interview Scott W. Williams
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🗓️ 8 August 2019
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117 Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Pilots and Aircraft Owners – Interview Scott W. Williams
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117 Scott W. Williams is an aviation attorney. He talks about some of the ten most common mistakes made by pilots, like what to do when the FAA says “Advise when ready to copy a phone number.” He talks about common pitfalls when buying or selling a plane, getting insurance, and working with maintenance shops. He also talks the myth of a Delaware corporation, and problems with Part 135 charter.
#1 The Purchase
#2 Missing Title
#3 Insurance Ignorance
#4 Bad or No Contracts
#5 Inadvertent Flight into Part 135
#6 Unauthorized Maintenance
#7 Failure to Maintain Airworthiness
#8 Shop Contracts
#9 Selling Your Airplane
#10 Not Asking the Right Questions
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| 0:00.0 | So a typical scenario is you're given instructions, you violate those instructions, the FAA then says, |
| 0:08.0 | I've got a number to call, when you land, please call this number. |
| 0:12.0 | And the FAA, and specifically air traffic control, they're not trying to be a bad people, they're just following guidelines. |
| 0:20.0 | And you may have done nothing wrong, |
| 0:21.9 | but now you've got a dilemma. Do you call the number or do you not call the number? |
| 0:31.5 | That's Attorney Scott Williams talking about the words that pilots dread, advise when ready |
| 0:36.5 | to copy a phone number. |
| 0:38.0 | That's when you know that something you did attracted the attention of the FAA, and today, Scott, |
| 0:42.0 | will tell you what to do when you hear those words. |
| 0:44.9 | Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk, a weekly show with relevant news and flying |
| 0:48.9 | tips for pilots and student pilots like you. |
| 0:51.4 | I'm Max Truscott. |
| 0:52.7 | By the way, if you have thought about maybe someday |
| 0:54.7 | buying a serious SR 20, SR20, SR-20 or SF-50 vision jet, you've just about went out of time |
| 1:00.2 | if you want to buy a new one and still get a tax deduction in 2019, but I've got some ideas for you. |
| 1:05.4 | So if you're thinking about that, definitely give me a call. Or if you're looking at flight train in any of these aircraft, give me a call, |
| 1:11.0 | and I'll let you know what I can do to help. Call me today at 650-967-2500 for free consultation |
| 1:16.8 | and possibly a free demo flight. Now, last week in episode 116, we talked with Flying Magazine |
| 1:22.2 | Senior Editor Rob Mark about the many stories that came out of this year's Air Venture 2019 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. |
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