A little less than two years ago, I moved my ship's registration from
the Scottsdale FSDO to the Burbank FSDO after Scottsdale refused my
program letter update. I had assumed that this would require nothing
more than sending the program letter update to Burbank, but they made
me go through the entire process as though it was a new ship and
issued a brand-new COA. Getting the new COA required dealing with two
different FSDO employees. There were drafts, final papers and then
corrections and updates. When it was time for the inspection, both of
them turned up at Cal City and took half a day (I have no idea why
since they spent most of the time in private discussions with each
other. Both in Scottsdale and in Burbank, I dealt only with FSDO
personnel, not a DAR, and there was no cost other than lost time.

When I moved from California to New Jersey, I assumed that there would
be considerable hassle, but the Teterboro folks just asked for copies
of the Burbank paperwork and, a few weeks later, a new registration
appeared from Oklahoma. I have the Burbank paperwork in digital form
and would be happy to send it to you when I get home on Monday if it
will help to explain things to your DAR. Jim Skydel registered a ship
with Burbank a few weeks before I did and having his paperwork and the
benefit of his experience was a great help.

BTW, my dealings with the Scottsdale FSDO in 2001 and the Teterboro
FSDO in 2007 were efficient and pleasant, Burbank less so.

Ray Warshaw
1LK





have a brand new glider, now registered with the FAA, it has a factory
flight test and Export C of A from Germany, and I need the C of A
described above. He told me that because it was *experimental*, there
was a whole lot more work for him to do, a lot of information
gathering and paperwork, and it would cost $650, instead of the $200
he first quoted for a standard C of A.

I thought this would be a simple inspection and a little paperwork,
not more than 1 or 2 hours of their time. What am I missing? (Or, what
are they missing?)

~ted/2NO