My Annual

wrote:

You're lucky... my A&P /IA makes _me_ do all the grunt work myself,
plus I have to pay for all the beer after the plane is put back
together, signed off and test flown.

There are shops in this area that make you do all the grunt work and then charge
you shop rates for your own labor.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

john smith wrote:

Ohio taxes services, also.

Same in NJ. IIRC, same in TN and GA.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

Bob Noel wrote:

Sure there is. The popular usage of the term "annual" is that
fun time of year when an annual inspection occurs, plus all those
repairs, service, and improvements made to the airplane.
Not to mention the "while-we-are-at-it" things.

Its that time of the year where you get him to sign off all the stuff
you've done...

That is because over the years, shops have conditioned the owners to
thinking that the "annual" (which is nowhere defined WITHOUT the word
"inspection" attached) is the time to cover the owner's vacation in Hawaii
with a bit put aside for the kid's college fund. It would appear that you
have been so conditioned.

I dunno. I have never to my knowledge been ripped off during
the-thing-I-call-an-annual. My most recent one was $800,
and that's pretty average. I don't think the mechanic is
going to Hawaii on this money.

Our airport only has the one mechanic, and the next closest
airport with a mechanic is fifty miles away. We pilots
and this mechanic know each other well, and every pilot
I've talked to who has used him has been reasonably happy
or better.

"Jim Burns" wrote in message
...
Welcome to Wisconsin.

Section 77.52(2), Wis. Stats. (2003-04),

provides that, for the privilege of selling, performing, or

furnishing certain services at retail in Wisconsin to consumers

or users, a tax is imposed upon all persons

selling, performing, or furnishing the services at the rate

of 5% of the gross receipts from the sale, performance,

or furnishing of the services.

Services subject to Wisconsin sales tax include the following

(this list is not all-inclusive):

. The repair, service, alteration, fitting, cleaning,

painting, coating, towing, inspection, and maintenance

of all items of tangible personal property

unless:

performed on a tax exempt property or as a capital improvement.

Sucks don't it?

Especially in light of WIs other outrageous tax rates.


Jim

"Bob Noel" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"RST Engineering" wrote:

And if you really want to be technical, I didn't say "annual
inspection" I just said "annual". But I think you are being picky for
no reason.

Your call. I reiterate, there is no such thing as an "annual".

Sure there is. The popular usage of the term "annual" is that
fun time of year when an annual inspection occurs, plus all those
repairs, service, and improvements made to the airplane.
Not to mention the "while-we-are-at-it" things.

Good luck trying to eliminate the phrase "annual" from the owner's
vocabulary. You'd have better luck getting people to properly
use "methodology" and "methods."

:-)

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

If an IA uses more than a flashlight, mirror, pen and checklist in doing my
annual inspection he gets booted out of the hangar. A 'annual' to many has
become an open invitation for the IA to write in any amount he feels
necessary on the owners check.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:08_Be.663$Zx3.585@trndny05...
wrote:

You're lucky... my A&P /IA makes _me_ do all the grunt work myself,
plus I have to pay for all the beer after the plane is put back
together, signed off and test flown.

There are shops in this area that make you do all the grunt work and then
charge
you shop rates for your own labor.

Sad thing is there are owners that put up with it.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

George Patterson wrote:
wrote:


You're lucky... my A&P /IA makes _me_ do all the grunt work myself,
plus I have to pay for all the beer after the plane is put back
together, signed off and test flown.


There are shops in this area that make you do all the grunt work and
then charge you shop rates for your own labor.

My annual inspection is flat fee (a lot more than Weir would charge!)
and the mechanic teases that she doesn't charge more when the owners
help :-). I think she actually spends more time when the owners do help
as she explains everything and teaches at least one new task a year.
After a few years the savings start to add up not with the cost of the
inspection, but with the costs of the repairs/improvements made at the
time. When we put in a new ELT, which included fabricating a bracket
and running wires for the new remote switch the only charge from the
mechanic was for the paperwork compliance.

Margy

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

Well, not such good news :-(

My #5 cylinder compression was only 57 . . . so my mechanic did what he
called "staking the valve" . . . by rapping on it with a plastic mallet
while checking the compression gage. No improvement.
The exhaust valve is not seating properly so we have to pull the
cylinder and either send it out for repair or exchange for another one
.. . .
Any comments or suggestions as to which course of action is better?

wrote:
Well, not such good news :-(

My #5 cylinder compression was only 57 . . . so my mechanic did what he
called "staking the valve" . . . by rapping on it with a plastic mallet
while checking the compression gage. No improvement.
The exhaust valve is not seating properly so we have to pull the
cylinder and either send it out for repair or exchange for another one
. . .
Any comments or suggestions as to which course of action is better?