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And you are willing to pay the IAs time to report the hours on your
airplane? Paperwork or inspection, time is time.

Jim



"Steve Foley" wrote in message
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I've always wondered why the FAA doesn't track hours flown. It should be
as
simple as having every IA report the total hours since the last annual on
every aircraft they inspect.

"RST Engineering" wrote in message
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And you are willing to pay the IAs time to report the hours on your
airplane? Paperwork or inspection, time is time.

Jim

I don't know about others but I've got better things to spend my money on.
The numbers would be nice to look at for a minute or two every year but I
can't see how they would improve safety or provide any additional insight
into accident statistics.

"Steve Foley" wrote in message
news:Pgy0f.11$ar6.2@trndny01...
I've always wondered why the FAA doesn't track hours flown. It should be
as
simple as having every IA report the total hours since the last annual
on
every aircraft they inspect.

Depends on how much if a PITA it is.

I always ASS-U-MEd that you (an IA) were required to report something each
year regarding the annuals you've done.

I had forgotten about the report on the medical. I don't remember, do they
ask for hours since the last medical, or total hours?

I think that hours on the aircraft would be a more accurate measure, since
there is a good chance the IA can figure it out with the log books at hand.

As for paying for the time: I don't complain about the $45/hour shop rate
where I go when I have to pay Pep-Boys $65/hours.

"RST Engineering" wrote in message
...
And you are willing to pay the IAs time to report the hours on your
airplane? Paperwork or inspection, time is time.

Jim



"Steve Foley" wrote in message
news:Pgy0f.11$ar6.2@trndny01...
I've always wondered why the FAA doesn't track hours flown. It should be
as
simple as having every IA report the total hours since the last annual
on
every aircraft they inspect.

Steve Foley wrote:

I had forgotten about the report on the medical. I don't remember, do they
ask for hours since the last medical, or total hours?

Since the last medical.

I think that hours on the aircraft would be a more accurate measure, since
there is a good chance the IA can figure it out with the log books at hand.

Maybe, but the logbook hours will be tach hours on the plane. That won't be the
same as real hours on the plane, nor will either be the same as time in the air.
If tach hours is sufficient for the purpose, it might well be more accurate than
the current method.

Of course, as Jim says, that has to be paid for.

George Patterson
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