Pilot DAR has hit the nail well and truly on the head, I just wish that the paperwork pushing clowns at EASA would take note that doubling the paperwork is not going to make the aircraft safer.
Quote:- The fact that an aircraft is registered as a "permit" aircraft should not be seen as an opportunity to do less maintenance. Safe is safe, the laws of physics, mechanics, airworthiness and gravity don't care how the aircraft is registered!
The LAA system won't make the work you have to do on the aircaft any cheaper (an owner can do the 50 hour on a privatly run C of A aircraft) a but it will cut down on the paperwork costs.
As for the 150 hour check, this question has never been raised before as all the permit aircraft that I look after as an LAA inspector get to the Annual check before doing 150 hours. I should ask the question of the LAA !