'Good' Annual This Year

"Rosspilot" wrote in message
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About 16.5 hours of labor all together. Another lucky year!

16.5 hours for a thorough inspection with all the manufacturer's
checklist
items completed?

I've always hated the entire concept of paying anybody for anything by the
hour
unless we're talking about assembly line widget-making.

I pay a flat rate for the inspection and then per hour + parts after that.

People have no incentive to work efficiently and with optimum productivity
when
they are charging by the hour. Quite the contrary. It's in their interest
to
work as slowly as possible.

I agree.

I know for a fact that I can accomplish a tremendous amount of quality
work in
an hour, frequently multi-tasking, and fitting everything in. People have
different capabilities.

16.5 hours is more than 2 entire workdays. Are you suggesting that a man
cannot work on ONE Skyhawk for 2 full days (exclusively) and NOT complete
the
annual inspection checklist? Why not?

Nope. Don't get me wrong... I am certainly not saying that 16.5 is too
short... it is just that my owner experience is around 25 hours with some
preventative maintenance items thrown in if nothing else comes up during the
inspection.

"Jim Vadek" wrote in message .net...

Nope. Don't get me wrong... I am certainly not saying that 16.5 is too
short... it is just that my owner experience is around 25 hours with some
preventative maintenance items thrown in if nothing else comes up during the
inspection.

Are you flying something simple like a 172 or Cherokee? If so, I'd
say 25 hrs is excessive. Particularly if the same shop does it over
and over. Most shops I know can finish an inspection on those in
12-14 hrs. If it's the 1st time they've ever seen the plane, you may
have to add a few hrs. for logbook work.

My shop charges a flat fee for inspection, oil change and bearing
repack on a simple 172 or PA-28. It breaks down to 12 hrs. labor +
oil and filter cost. I've never had an inspection that was more than
14 hrs.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)