ospam (Rosspilot) writes:

Owner assisted annuals rule. It boils down to sweat equity
vs. checkbook hara-kiri. I did all the prep work over a few evenings,
then Jim came over and did the inspection thing, and I reassembled the
plane over a few more evenings.

Highly recommended.


Great in theory. I did it two years in a row, spending 3 full days from 7 AM
till 4:30 PM in the shop doing EVERYTHIUNG the FARs allow me to do (under the
auspices of the IA).

I got billed for MY own labor, and the cost was just as if I had dropped the
plane off and gone fishing for 3 days.

My Skyhawk is in a different shop right now for my 6th annual. I'll let you
know how it goes when I get it back . . .

Hey Jim... did you bill me for my labor? I must work dirt cheap. Man,
I gotta give myself a raise!

Anyway... picking the IA to work with you is no different from picking
a shop if you're not into the owner assisted thing.

-jav