On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 11:26:48 GMT, "Roger Long"
wrote:

The regulatory theory is that you should do that. The real world, of
course, is different.

Here are some scenario's:

1) You are ramp checked. The FAA inspector sees that you are renting and
asks if AD-xxxx was complied with. You look blank or say the FBO is
responsible for all that. He might bust you if he's in a really bad mood.
If you say you looked through the logbooks before the flight and all AD's
were complied with, there is a 99.9% chance that will be the end of the
story.
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I understand what you're saying and I believe that you have pretty
much nailed it. I am a renter and my problem is this: even if I
review the logbooks and there are some reasonable looking AD entries,
how can a renter possibly know what ADs have even been issued for a
specific airplane? The AD related problem that may have brought a
plane down might not have been addressed at all in the logbook. To
truly comply, I can imagine spending 10 hours of research and logbook
inspection for any plane that I rent.
Rich Russell