We would probably do it better than a mechanic. My Ercoupe is like a museum of dumb mechanics tricks. The exhaust gaskets that the guy put on about last January were leaking, yet he still signed off the annual. Then I take the jugs off and reveal the scarred connecting rods due to other fools' carelessness. Safety wiring is a challenge to some of these folks, as evidenced by the mess on mine. Actually, everything that the previous mechanic logged as having been done (and he didn't log much) was screwed up. At least I heard he is quitting the business. Maybe I am just in a bad mood today, but I am going to say it - they aren't getting the people they need in mechanics. It should be for people with more than an average ability. They charge like doctors anyway in some cases. I went to about the oldest mechanics school in the country and the people there are basically the ones who couldn't get into college or who couldn't get into the military. Yes, on some occasions their scores were truly so low that the Army wouldn't take them. Come FAA test time, they do get through! As long as they paid the bill for $15k a year. I wouldn't let these people near my plane no matter how much experience they have or even if they can convince somebody to give them an IA. Yet I tell people I have a license and they act like that means I ought to know something about working on planes. hehehe You can bet they are going to go beat down this owner maintenance proposal big time! Glen Ward
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