Thank you, Mike, for pointing this out.
It is easy to get lost in the US law jungle.
Best 73 de,
Hans - N2JFS
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Clarson <wv2zow@gmail.com>
To: Hans Hammarquist <hanslg@aol.com>; TowerTalk@contesting.com
<towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thu, Sep 18, 2014 11:41 am
Subject: To light or not to light
Another perspective: Years ago, my company built a tower in Ohio. Land owner
asked that we put a beacon on it. Our regulatory compliance group (lawyers)
advised us to NOT light the tower, since FAA/FCC regulations did not require
it. Their reason was that if we lit the tower, we were deciding it was a hazard
to aviation, not the FAA. The problem with that is if the light is out for any
reason, unlike with FAA lighting, there is no mechanism (like notifying the FAA
so they may issue a bulletin that a beacon is out) to notify pilots when there
is a problem. Lawyers. --Mike, WV2ZOW
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 11:02 PM, Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk
<towertalk@contesting.com> wrote:
Maybe we should have ARRL to look into t hat. I would not like even to be sued
over that. From my point of view the pilot should have been responsible for the
destruction of the tower. Obviously the pilot didn't take needed care. If that
was me driving into a tower there would be no questions whose fault it was.
Hans - N2JFS
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