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I am sure that some in the maintenance business will try to gold plate Part M but as the Chief Engineer of a small maintenance company I see this attitude as a little short sighted.
It may bring profits in the short term but over regulation will soon cripple the industry and eventually the golden goose will die.
I for one would would far prefer to get out of the paper pushing and spend more time on the hangar floor supervising the work on aircraft, I think it would have a far better effect on flight safety than ticking boxes on EASA forms.
I see the reduction in paperwork as reducing the cost to aircraft owners and increasing the phisical safety oversight, from the business point of view the cost reduction will increase the volume of business and assure a long term future for GA and more importantly for me the company that I have a large slice of !