On Sep 9, 10:16 pm, Jay Honeck wrote:
I have met too many A&Ps that I don't want anywhere near my airplane. How
about you? And some arrogant ones too. Just because they they know
how to work on them, they think they are engineers. Never opened a
genuine engineering textbook in their lives, but they'll make big fun of you
for stating even the most basic of facts that any undergraduate
enginneering student would easily know. And you can't even give them
references where they can check it out for themselves. They just
ignore you and go on arguing. They have their intuitions and don't
need you telling them anything.

This is very true. Even my A&P, who is a great friend and mentor to
me, occasionally betrays this trait. I suppose it comes from decades
of experience working with owners who think they know everything?

I'm no engineer, but my A&P used to go absolutely nuts when I would
research a problem on-line before taking it to him. I innocently
figured it was best to get some good input from you guys (and others)
for him to work with BEFORE ripping into the plane, but he would just
go on and on about "Getting your information from those internet
people" -- as if it was like hanging out with unwashed homeless people
or sumpin'...

;-)

Now, after many years (and seeing that, on occasion, I was able to
point him in the right direction with an aircraft problem) he is much
more accepting of this sort of input -- but I suspect he still
privately makes fun of it...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I have had similar dealings with some of my mechanics. Often they have
experience that you can't get in a textbook. Knowledge isn't found
only from a book. I certainly don;t mean to imply that mechanics and
owners are the only arrogant people you find. Some of the most
arrogant people I have met have been engineers. You know, the ones
that think they know everything because they've been to college.
Toecutter and Dan have always seemed to share good experience with
other owners here. I have always valued their inputs to the group. Sad
to see the occasional fight over really a difference of opinion.
Matt has used LOP for a while with excellent results so he believes
strongly in it.

Regards,
Bud