"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message online.com...
Ron Natalie wrote:

The definitions are here (I'm not going to post them inline as they are a
bit long):
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/c...4cfr43_00.html

Appendix A(a) defines "major alteration". Anything else is "minor"?

Some of it is a gray area. Somethings people read more into it than
others. For example, just because something changes the w&b, it is not a
major
alteration. It is only a major alteration if it changes the permissable
envelope.

Where do you see that? I only see a list of items in A(a); nothing that
refers to the W&B.

43xA.a (1)(xi).
Changes to the empty weight or empty balance which result in an increase ...