In article ,
(Martin Kosina) wrote:

That wasn't the issue. The problem was that the guy wanted his
mechanic to do an *annual*. That means that the mech. could declare
the aircraft unairworthy for perhaps ridiculous reasons, write 'em up
in the logs and ground the airplane away from home.

Not to nit-pick, but technically there is no such thing as IA "writing
up" an aircraft.

"writing up" and giving a logbook entry of discrepancies are pretty
much the same thing.

--
Bob Noel