Maintenance Horrors
Having recently bought an aeroplane from a Northern school who claimed it had been maintained to the highest standards by their in house M3 organisation, i was somewhat disheartened when i did the C of A on it to find:-. .. .1. Machine screws replaced by self tappers. .2. Fabric repair done with stitched gaffer tape. .3. Inspection port - taped over with gaffer tape. .4. Enough crap from under the belly to half fill a waste bin. .5. Fabric repairs done with no care, sprayed with two pack over a Butyrate base - imaging how long that took before it peeled off !. .. .We pay good money for these 'experts' to look after our aeroplanes. Why can't we get value for money, or more importantly why can't we get a proper engineer to work on our aeroplane instead of a YTS chap. I now do my own maintenance, supervised by a retired engineer, signed off by an excellent engineer who gives good value and sound advice. I firmly believe he is in the minority. How many of you have had similar experiences - no names, just good hints <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="confused.gif" />