---------------------------------------------------------- AnPMech-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 01/05/06: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:09 AM - Re: AnPMech-List Digest: 4 Msgs - 01/02/06 (Wes Bunker) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:09:06 AM PST US From: "Wes Bunker" Subject: Re: AnPMech-List: AnPMech-List Digest: 4 Msgs - 01/02/06 qsmtp1.mc.surewest.net --> AnPMech-List message posted by: "Wes Bunker" Maintenance quality has two aspects, as seen from my perspective as an owner. First, the legal aspect. Regs require specific qualifications to return an aircraft to service after any maintenance, even the so-called PM. To have those qualifications, and individual has to have done little more than pass some exams. Second, the capability aspect. This is where the problem really appears. As in all other aspects of human life, a few are very good at what they do, the masses are barely adequate, and another few are pathetic to the point of dangerous. The reason that I am currently preparing to take the A&P exams is that as an owner/operator I just cannot put up with the "barely adequate" work performed by the "legally qualified" mechanics I have found everywhere (with a few notable exceptions). Our maintenance fiascos prompted my wife to declare that if I let anyone work on our plane when I wasn't standing beside them watching, she would not fly in it any more. I have tried the range of service facilities from one-man shops to FAA certified Repair stations, and it makes no difference. The capability, or lack thereof , is universal. Wes N7337G