So for STC not to have had a problem with TC, leads me to think he has led a very sheltered career.
How many times do I have to repeat it? I never said I have never had any problem with TC. I did say that there are channels to use that I have had success with.
Let me point out one of the problems in the industry in dealing with TC you have alluded to rvm. Have you ever heard of "region shopping"? It's what TC types like to call it when you go from person to person in the organisation when you don't like what one person says.
It starts innocently enough. A guy gets caught doing something wrong. For instance, the wrong prop is installed on an airplane or there is an unapproved mod. The AME feels unjustly accused, so he asks a buddy, who tells him that "so and so" in another region got away with that so it MUST be legal. So several inquiries are made in different offices and even different regions, until the guy finds the answer he wants. Unfortunately, often the story changes slightly in order to shift the facts just enough to sway opinion.
For instance, an unapproved mod on a small aircraft may have a corresponding STC out there, but the aircraft owner doesn't have a copy. But he knows that some other guy has the same mod. So after getting crapped on by his PMI, he goes to another region where an inspector assures him that some guy in his direct care has that same mod and it should be okay...unbeknownst to him that the STC uses different hardware, or different components, or some other such change.
So...it's the same mod...but it's not EXACTLY the same.
Anyway...this is an example of how an AME can think there is are differing opinions. I've seen it happen. Region shopping just produces bad blood between you and your PMI. They are only human like you and I and are capable of holding grudges.
Occasionally..(more often than I'd like to see) TC inspectors do in fact have differing opinions. That's because they are just ex-industries AMEs. If you ask 10 AMEs to interpret the CARS you will get 30 different answers. If there is a discrepency, Ottawa should be called upon to sort it out.
Oh I kind of take offence to you making fun of other posters names by using a pun. Grow up. You are only showing how stupid you are.
Really? I thought it was rather clever...
