Falsifying bit was slightly tongue in cheek but the point really is that if you make a rule that is going to effect peoples livelyhoods ,and their pockets, you had better make sure their is logic and a genuine safety reason . Here there is no logic or safety reason .....we all agree that a mechanism can be put in place to make sure that aircraft with cross parts will be covered with respect to airworthiness notifications , ad,s etc etc we also know that the parts interfit safely , as they have done for 30 yrs without problem . What we have now is the greedy twats at Bell and Agusta who dont really want to dirty their hands looking after the plebs who fly their old kit ..which quite frankly they are embarrassed about now . They , you must remember have moved UP in the world and want to leave their seedy 206 days behind them . GA boys are a pain in the arse, not professional , poor and prob cause them more grief than any other customer . I remember when i had to negotiate with turbomeca on a replacement engine .....a part of THEIR engine fell off and bent THEIR turbine blades . It was a known design fault but it was MY fault and as a one man band i was not of any importance . I made such a nuisance of myself ( as only i can do
) that eventually theydid a deal just to shut me up and get me away from their other customers . I swore NEVER to have a turbomeca engined helicopter again and have sold mine . ( £180,000 poorer just on the engine ......and that apparently was REALLY cheap !!!) They accepted no responsibility for their known design failure and the insurance which i had for FOD didnt pay a penny either !!!!! Sorry for the ramble but it explains why they will never want to help..the only way is creative thinking .............