Chris,

I am the Operations Officer for our club of 4 aircraft,
www.glendaleflying.com. I am not a A&P, so it I had a learning curve.
I think it was a great move. I have learned more about ever system of
our planes than I thought I would. You will discuss issues with
mechanics, research regs, AD, SB and get some hands on experience if
you really get into it. You can get familiar enough to order your own
parts and save money that way as well. I have been very envolved with
the purchase of our 4th plane and buying a new engine for our Skylane.
I could have never done that on my own without the help of a lottery.

I have started to do all of our own preventative mx, which has saved
the club a lot of money. This all does take a lot of my time, but I
feel compensated with education. I feel very comfortable that if I am
stranded at an aiport away from home with a mx issue, I will be able
to have a good idea of what the problem is and the level of
seriousness it brings.

We originally has a crew chief for each aircraft as well, but I soon
found myself managing 4 people as well as 4 aircraft. If your help
isn't deticated things don't get done. I now have an assistant that I
can really count on to help keep thind supplies, make some calls and
ferry some planes.

If you take the position, enjoy it. Feel free to contact me further
if you'd like.

Tony
www.glendaleflying.com


Chris Spierings wrote in message ...
I'm a member of a local flying club which has ~30 members and 3
aircraft. A number of the club's long standing members have moved on in
the last year or so and now its time for some of the other folks to step
up and take the reins.

One of the jobs that is open is the club maintenance officer. The last
guy to do it, did an outstanding job but spent 20-30 hours a week some
weeks riding herd on things and verifying that the fbo and its
maintenance folks did what they said they did and then did it properly.

Could anyone share information on the arrangements they've been
associated with in terms of overseeing aircraft maintenance. If its in
a club setting even better.

I hoping the experiences of the group will give us more options than
asking one poor soul to bear the burden of all of this on their own.

Thanks

Chris Spierings