A&P Revocations!

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 12:35:58 -0400, "W P Dixon"
wrote:

try to remember their are absolute idiots out there with A&P's just like
there are idots without them. A piece of paper does not a mech make!

That is totally true and to avoid getting into a long drawn out
argument, I do not think that I am somehow better because I have gone
to school than somebody who got theirs based on experience. I think
that I am a better mechanic than *I* would have otherwise been without
the school and that if you want to be exposed to as many different
aspects of aviation mechanics as possible in a short time that a good
school is the best way to accomplish that. I have nothing but the
utmost respect for anybody who got their A&P through experience.
Either way that you go, you still have to put in your time. I chose
school because it was the fastest way in my particular case and we
happen to have a good program in my area.

But I don't buy the fact that it was just luck of the draw that people
chose this guy for their testing and happened to get nailed by the
evil FAA (as accurate as that adjective may be). As you said, the
deal seemed fishy and people sought him out because he was the
cheapest (not that he didn't have every right to set whatever prices
he wanted) and had a reputation for being easy on the test. My
problem (and lack of sympathy for those guys) is based on the belief
that the bar should be set the same regardless of how you got your
experience and that those people who sought out a guy known for lower
test standards ended up getting exactly what they paid for.

This is no different than an aircraft owner who seeks out an IA known
for "paperwork" annual inspections. When they are both busted by the
FAA it is hard to feel sorry for either of them. The real victims are
the guy's passengers who think they are flying on an aircraft that has
been properly inspected.

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