"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com...
You'd never last long at the FAA. I have a friend that died from a head
injury in an aircraft accident after he removed his shoulder harnesses
because the FAA inspector said he didn't have the proper paperwork for
them. I've worked for flight schools that have had the full 100% FAA
maintenance audit done on them. I never once saw one look at an
airplane, all they care about is the paperwork.

-Robert


It seems to me from my experience with FAA they are quite reasonable, even
encouraging, about shoulder harness add-ons. I know that the A&P said he
wouldn't sign them off, told me to install them and sign them off myself,
that they were not TSO'd; but from my understanding they are still legal and
favored by the FAA:
http://www.faa.gov/avr/afs/safety/harness/seatbelt.cfm