Cost of annual?

hat, and I'm very upfront with the owner that (a) they are going to get their
hands greasy; (b) I'm not going to sign off an unairworthy aircraft for ANY
reason; and (c) they are going to get a list of stuff that I'd like to see
some
preventive maintenance done on in the coming year. The list is a checklist
and
I want to see that checklist punched BEFORE I start the following year.

I ain't as cheap as you might think... {;-)


Jim

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor

Jim you are so correct. You are doing it the correct way and I would never have
a problem if shops in my area would have this approach. I do not want to fly
any aircraft that is not safe. I also pay for any work that is required. I have
a problem with shops that state x amount for the annual then parts and labor.
BTW I do remove all the plates, the seats. Give them a clean engine with the
cowling removed.

This is not particularly relevant to the situation described but I'm
happy to report that my recently-completed "annual" was only about
$5500 this year (not including replacing my leaky airspeed indicator).
There were no significant fixes needed for once. I even dodged an
expensive AD of replacing flap torque tubes because I had it done
years ago when it was just a service bulletin.

I usually spend two to five times this much during an annual so I'm
thrilled that I'm making some progress. Then again, I hardly flew
this past year (after frequently flying cross-country the years
before).

--kyler