Color Me Annoyed

On Jan 31, 6:38 pm, "Steve" wrote:
The pilots I know are willing to pay fair value for services rendered.
I'm guessing you didn't spend multi-million on a facility, $250 grand in
shop equipment and diagnostic analyzers. If you did you are likely to have a
1st class facility that would draw plenty of aircraft repair business that
would pay you $90 an hour. Heck you could publish a reasonable fixed rate
for inspections and I'm sure you can get plenty of business that way also.
But you sound like you have an unreasonable expectation of what a mechanics
should earn. Keep you A&P/IA to yourself, the world doesn't need another
service provider with a chip on their shoulder.

A friend of mine did exactly that, and lost it all. It's not that
simple at all. Airplanes cost money, and most owners don't have a lot
of it. The few that do got their cash by being stingy with it, not by
showering it on mechanics.
So as long as a guy can earn way more fixing trucks, with less
liability and no hassles getting paid, we'll find fewer mechanics
willing to put up with the hassle.

Dan (pilot/mechanic)

Well, The Kid just called at 10:45 AM... The jugs are off and the
bottom end looks good... The cam is clean... Looks like a top
overhaul only (whoo hoo).. He brightened up when I said lets just do
a top, figuring he would have it buttoned up by Friday... I have the
new Lycoming cylinder kits out in the truck to deliver to him...
So, then I dropped on him that I also want fresh donuts on both motor
mounts and a new crank seal - that caused him to hesitate... He can
see his February schedule going to pot anyway... I'll wait until
tomorrow to bring up the new hydraulic hoses for the landing gear...

On Feb 5, 9:00*am, Denny wrote:
Well, The Kid just called at 10:45 AM... The jugs are off and the
bottom end looks good... The cam is clean... *Looks like a top
overhaul only (whoo hoo).. *He brightened up when I said lets just do
a top, figuring he would have it buttoned up by Friday... I have the
new Lycoming cylinder kits out in the truck to deliver to him...
So, then I dropped on him that I also want fresh donuts on both motor
mounts and a new crank seal - that caused him to hesitate... He can
see his February schedule going to pot anyway... *I'll wait until
tomorrow to bring up the new hydraulic hoses for the landing gear...

Ya know, after all these little things that are going to screw up his
schedule I can now see why the "other" mechanic dumped you....
IMHO

wrote

Ya know, after all these little things that are going to screw up his
schedule I can now see why the "other" mechanic dumped you....
IMHO

Yep.

Honesty is the best policy, IMHO. If you want all of those things done, you
should be up front about it.

You want people to be up front with you, you need to be up front with them.
--
Jim in NC