Originally Posted by
Asturias56
20 years of safe operation does not guarantee anything
And writing hundreds and hundreds of pages of manuals, risk assessments and procedures for EASA/ your local CAA (because the big airlines are doing it, so it must be working fine, right?) as a small operator does give you that Guarantee? You must be dreaming or not working for a small operator. The ammount of documentation, updating useless manuals and sheer bureaucracy borders on the insane.
Despite ALL the rules and legislation, that JU-52 still came down. One could look at it that way too you know....
I'm with the Swiss and Spunk on this because I'm dealing with the EASA crap and more (more bull!!!! and red tape on federal state level here in Germany) every day, working for a small operator.