Working Hard, I think the point is that, apart from quite specialised companies, there are not that many "young" engineers out there who are familiar with older aeroplanes. From talking to some engineer pals, the numbers of bods entering the lighter side of aviation maintenance as a career is shrinking annually. . .. .Unfortunately, if you don't live within a reasonable distance of the specialists, when the new JAR rules kick-in (if they ever do) the old fabric aeroplanes (and the newer ones like Robins, Maules etc.) will be maintained by engineers whose experience is predominently on metal aeroplanes. . .. .Plus there are the usual deadbeats who take money for shoddy work that exist in every industry. From my past experience and from the experience of others, aviation is by no means free of the deadbeats. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />