Originally Posted by
wrench1
there are many people, to include professional pilots, who would not fly a small aircraft unless they built it or worked on it.
I would not fly a small aircraft unless a professional organization worked on it! Making sure that the holes in the swiss cheese do not align, its experience, procedure, documentation, tracability, trusted overhaul partners....
its somebody's full time job to stay on top of it.
Even in a helicopter as rudimentary as an R22, the type of simple "do it yourself" maintenance mistake carry far-reaching consequences. I hope none of these HX50 get worked on by profesional pilot who think of himself as A&P operating way above their head as a part time job/hobby.