Good you are the greatest builder on the planet. You follow every STANDARD and use only APPROVED parts, or completely test and DOCUMENT every part you install... and you don't just get parts from Home Base.
Can you GUARANTEE every one else is like you. Right you can not, so my point stands..... I think the real point is why in the world do 747 guys, need to know Fabric and Mags... Why do Piper guys need to know Jet engines. They need to change the A&P licensing so that we above average guys can get a license in a year or less to work on certain types of aircraft. I can tell you I am not giving up my IT job to get a lower paying A&P job..... But I would like to be able to legally work on small aircraft with out the A&P over my shoulder. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Owner maintenence initiative > I beg to disagree. I am also building an experimental and I will hold that plane up against most any "professionally" maintained (or built) machines I have seen. A&P/AI does not guarantee professional work. > > Don > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Burke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 11:13 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; coupers > Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Owner maintenence initiative > > Once owners start doing un-supervised maintenance, old airplanes will become > worthless. if you do not believe me go find a 1946 Dodge and take it on a > 500 mile drive. The guy I just bought my Cherokee from was a bit of a > flake, but after looking at the logs and verifying the work had been done, > I jumped in and headed for Mt. Shasta without a second thought... Why > because STANDARDS had been adhered to. > > Yes I do my own maintenance, in my A&P's hangar with him supervising, and > even then Paul has managed to find some things that need to be replaced > since he got N2273H. But I am sure, he is glad to have all the maintenance > records and is assured that the work has been done correctly. (now if I > could only find the weight and balance folder) > > I am sure I have a point here some where.... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Greg Bullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: coupers <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 5:14 AM > Subject: [COUPERS] Owner maintenence initiative > > > > I just read more on the proposal to let us maintain our own > > airplanes (as one can now do in Canada) in Atlantic Flyer. > > > > Apparently some A&P groups are arraying themselves against > > the proposal. Guess that's no surprise, though all the AIs I > > know have more than enough work. > > > > I think this is something that we really need to get behind. In getting > > ready for my annual, and reading the ADs, I can see that these are > > mostly things that my red-blooded-American-boy mechanical > > abilities pretty much cover. > > > > And in thinking about it, I consider that I've been deferring things that > > I could easily do to improve the airplane because it isn't legal for me > > to do them. > > > > At the same time, I realize a lot of guys are doing things illegally. > > > > If there were an owner-maintained category, there could and would > > actually arise a system of training and mentoring much like the EAA > > has for homebuilts now. I'm pretty convinced that it would contribute > > to safety. > > > > Imagine that! Doing your own annual inspection! Legally! > > > > No more anal-retentive process on the 337s, either. Part of the proposal > > is that you can make reasonable, safe modifications and sign them off > > yourself. > > > > Since the owner/operator is always primarily responsible for condition > > of the aircraft, not much would change anyway, except maybe that you'd > > have to get an indemnity signed when you sold it. > > > > I'd suggest that we all write to Phil Boyer and let him know that we want > > the AOPA to get squarely behind this idea. > > > > Yeah, there are some down sides, but I think that the up sides far > > outweigh them. > > > > Greg > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________________ __ ____ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _____________________________________________________________ > Want to find the best email lists? Check out the Topica 20! > http://www.topica.com/topica20 __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________ Want to find the best email lists? Check out the Topica 20! http://www.topica.com/topica20
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