Genghis is out of the country on a "flying" holiday.
Or to be precise, is sitting fuming a rental outfit in somewhere-or-other after refusing to accept a light single that was apparently signed off serviceable with a major fuel leak, missing harness and half the engine cowling fasteners hanging out - I stopped pre-flighting at that point, by somebody that I'm pretty certain none of us would consider deserves either the title "engineer" or the money I, AshEng, Blacksheep or any of the other regulars here make.
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Who has never had this problem with aircraft maintained by Brits with any job title. Does anybody know who to talk to at FAA about maintenance standards?