Originally Posted by
212man
I think the point about the skids change is not whether it’s a sound practice, it’s the fact that the aircraft was in a totally unknown airworthiness condition!
aircraft in an unknown condition of airworthiness are shutdown, they aren’t flown somewhere else for new skids, the airworthiness of which is easily inspected visually.
If you need new skids, there’s a whole lot more that also needs doing.