Including a new exhaust, swashplate rebuild, tail rotor bearing, star annual, C of A and ARC issue including extortionate CAA fees including a £92 permit for ONE flight because the job wasnt done before the old Cof A expired, I didn't get any change out of £6K and it needed a track and balance when I got it back. No vat on the labour. Welcome to the world of helicopter maintenance. Oh, by the way, An Enstrom, not a 44.
After an annual it usually takes me weeks to get it as good as it was before it went in.
Labour about £40/hour.
I usually keep the costs down by being there myself and doing a lot of the donkey work, but this time I had to leave them to it because of my bad back.
I'm not sure which hurt more!
Still, look on the bright side. It stops the masses from clogging up the skies like they have with the roads.