At 10:11 PM 7/22/00 -0400, Glen Ward wrote: >Greg, that might sound good, but it is impossible. After he contacts the >FSDO, they may take the possible unairworthiness of his plane as seriously >as the mechanic's not-so-good work.
I think I said that. So what? If it's unairworthy it's unairworthy. The fact that the FAA doesn't know about it won't magically cause the airplane to keep flying. Nor will the signature in the log-book. Only airworthiness will. Glen, aviation isn't like a cartoon, where you can run off a cliff and, until you look down, you don't fall. Only a fool would, on prima facie evidence of his A&P and IA being incompetent and/or negligent continue to, as you suggest, 'enjoy' the plane for a year while fixing it to make it airworthy. No, you make it airworthy and then you fly it. You don't fly it into airworthiness. At some point, there is a duty to the discipline of being an airman that says that when you see someone who's dangerous to other airmen, you take action so that your colleagues don't get pancaked. And one can argue that as the 'owner/operator' of an airplane, if you know the A&P and/or IA who signed it off to be unqualified, you are not meeting your duties under the FARs. Yeah, it might mean you have to get the non-annual annual re-done. So what? The other choice is to fly behind the jerk's work for a year. Greg __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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