That may all be true, but the FAA does have the ferry permit
to allow damaged airplanes to be flown, solo or required
crew only. Your insurance company has a contract to insure
your airplane if you operate it in accordance with the FAA
regulations.



"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com...
| You would also want to contact your insurance company
because most aircraft
| insurance policies are restricted to "when a valid
standard
| airworthiness certificate" is on the airplane.
|
| The insurance co's attitude was "spend what you have to,
do what ever
| you have to" to get the plane out of Mexico. If a pilot
leaves a plane
| in Mexico it can take months to get it back. The Mexican
gov't has a
| real hard time with pilots exiting that are not the pilot
who flew the
| plane in. Also, they know there is money in fixing
airplanes and they
| want to make real sure they get a piece of that.
Everything in Mexico
| requires lots of paperwork and every paper needs lots and
lots of
| stamps
|
| -Robert
|