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As far as Canadian "owner maintenance," Kitplane maintenance isn't that much different. A good number of them aren't even owned by the person who built them. If we could do owner maintenance, then a lot more coupes could be rebuilt from the ground up. More planes would get recovered, restored and updated with safer avionics etc. It kills me to have to pay an arm and a leg for an AP to do something stupidly simple as I watch they guy next to me do the same thing to his "Experimental" plane. I'm sure some method of checks and balances could be implemented such as having all work checked by a certified AP during an annual. Anything questionable discovered by the AP could be annotated for the owner to correct without putting it on the AP to certify anything. Not being able to touch my plane makes me feel as though I'm leasing it. As a former auto mechanic, I don't exactly trust having other people work on my vehicles, plane included. I know I would do it right, and that would give me a lot more piece of mind. Look at the number of kitplanes flying, what big difference is there between them and older planes? I'm sure there are a lot of us who have strained budgets due to the outrageous prices we pay for our maintenance. Many of us have the ability to maintain our planes as well as any kitbuilder or owner. I think the misconception that it would suddenly start raining planes is really outrageous. It all has to do with our judicial system. We always have to have someone else to blame for mishaps instead of the person ultimately responsible. All you have to do is read the NTSB reports, no matter what is wrong with the plane they always tend to make the pilot responsible anyway. If I'm going to be responsible anyway, then let me maintain my own plane! Will --------------------------------- to unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________ T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01
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