Quote Originally Posted by rv builder View Post
Suppose that someone builds their own plane, relying in large part on EAA's "Hints for Homebuilders". They then crash and kill themselves, and the survivors sue EAA because of that builder's reliance on those videos (and there are a few which promote somewhat questionable practices). Should EAA, as a "preventive" measure just *in case* they ever get sued delete all those videos? EAA official in court: "There hadn't been any instances of someone relying on them and then dying because of it". Plaintiff's attorney: "How many deaths would you consider an acceptable level?"
Oh, if the EAA was worried about that, we'd see more emphasis on production aircraft, and expensive TSO'd avionics, and....

Geeze. Wait a minute. :-)

Your point is perfectly valid, and one must assume there's been SOME thought given to risk control at national. They must have put SOME thought into where they might need additional protection, or whether they can continue as they have been. One factor: juries are likely to be less sympathetic to a guy killed flying a "home-made" airplane, than an abused eight-year-old.

Ron Wanttaja