Some good ideas...
Thank you all for you input...
I hear you on the Citation stuff. The Citation is obviously a very...ahem..shall we say "cost efficiently" constructed aircraft (like a 421 with turbo's). Unfortuantely, I don't have any immediate ideas on how you can make the whole airplane more reliable.
We have been involved in major Citation (C501/551) mods. We have STC'd a glass cockpit (2 or 3 tube). Also, we've changed the entire avionics packages out to the current generation Garmins (430/53).
I don't really know that this addresses the pieces coming off in you hand issue..
Is there any one particular area of the Citation that could be addressed?
On the Jetstar subject....
I agree that there are a lot of things that could be done to a Jetstar. However, the population is getting smaller and smaller (generally due to corrosion issues) and that makes it hard to do a major, cost efficient upgrade.
I've seen several Jetstars enter our hangar for an inspection and leave on the back of a flat bed truck.....