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Options After Items Flagged as Unairworthy (was TBO and Airworthiness)
(I decided to move this to a separate thread since its a bigger issue
than engine TBO.) Matt...I read the Avweb article. The author correctly notes that whether its a car or plane, you should always insist on seeing or discussing the problems with the mechanic so there are no surprises later. However, in a car, you can simply tell the mechanic "Thanks but no thanks" on some recommended repairs and move on. But for a plane, once the item has been flagged as an airworthiness issue, you have little choice. You can talk to the A&P all you want and until you are blue in the face (as I did in the case below on every single item on the estimate). But if he says "Sorry...in my view, these must be repaired", you have only two options...suck it up, or close up the plane, go thru the hassle I describe below, take it someplace else, and hope the new shop will be a little more lenient. In the case of our Warrior annual, I was NOT interested in cutting safety corners. But there were items (like a small dent in one of the exhaust risers--$300) that had been there for many years but Landmark decided to take a hard line on what was "airworthy" vs "suggested". The pilot has little say in this. As a result, our normal annual of ~ $1800 went up to $6000. (Obviously, we won't be using them next year!) --Jeff ------------------------- Jeff B wrote: While not directly related to the engine/TBO question, I ran into this exact problem on the recent annual for my 79 Warrior. We used a new FBO this year (Landmark) and they took a "lets make it new" approach on the initial inspection and estimate. The list of issues ran 3 pages long even though many had been there for many years and signed off by 2 other smaller FBOs in previous annuals. The cost estimate was 3x what we were used to!! THe point being that after I recovered from heart failure over the estimate, we considered having Landmark close it up and take it somewhere else. But we learned that once a shop flags something as unairworthy, its too late to "change your mind", ignore the inspection, and start over someplace else. You can go elsewhere, but an A&P must now sign off that the plane is safe to fly and ferry to another shop, a FSDO has to sign off on a ferry permit, and then the new A&P must either the fix the flagged items or note in the logbook why he/she didn't agree with the initial diagnosis. This process requires permits, signatures, more permits, more signatures. (In the end, we decided it was too hard and we let Landmark suck our wallets dry.) Matt Barrow wrote: http://www.avweb.com/news/savvyaviator/189710-1.html The Savvy Aviator #18: Avoid an Annual Calamity Pay particular attention to the part titeld, "Mismanagement Of The Annual" |
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