The term silly old **** comes to mind.

He's gunna just clean the bottom plugs and put em back in!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I might be just a dumb panel beater...however.............

Clean,
Gap
Run on a tester.

(or buy new ones....which i run on a tester anyway!)


He's worried about spending 800 on his annual. BIG F*CKING FIZZ!!!

The brakes on his Audi are gunna cost him that just for the front pads..............forget the rest of the service!

And this ladies is what we are talking about, tight wads expecting the world for free.

There's a few more questions you could ask about this guy, like;

What do you think the chances are of this character recording every hour in the aircraft logbooks?

What do you think the chances are of this character actually getting the 100 or annual hourly done by a qualified person?

WTF was the need to bleed the brakes anyway? Oh and the reference to the spanner sizes in metric seems a bit odd for a Yank.

I did wonder for a moment that he might be taking the piss, but I decided he was for real. :(

it's not rocket science on these 'aging' aircraft just basic mechanics circa 1950 .... no need to sell it beyond what it is, hence the upsurge in LSA and the continued downward graveyard spiral in the GA community. And as for the $800 ... I wish, try more like $2500 in Aus. and that is if every thing is good, and it mostly is a F#*@ing rip off. Having had that rant, I love my LAME and my personal plane has been serviced by the same shop for 40 years. :D

Has anyone seen the new rules CASA want to bring in. It is going to ground probably over 70% of private aircraft due to the calender life has run out. From what I understand no more on condition either.

Engineer...hasn't calender life been around for a longtime?

I know of several engines of late that have not reached TBO but have been pinged on calender.....tho all were in AWK.

Further to my above post, infornmation like this is useless without a link, or reference. After that it is hyperbole, as it gives us nothing to consider other than a rumour.

Sh*t!!!!!!!!! i forget this is a rumour network!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

keep up the good work :ok:

Another big factor is the hangarkeepers liability insurance (professional indemnity) that your LAME has will impact his ability to sign engines out 'on condition'. Some policies allow it, some limit 'on condition' to a 10% overrun - others won't cover it at all.

And that is the salient point.
The company with my insurance coverage has stated that If I release an aircraft or component to service outside the manufacturers recommendations I accept the liability for it, not them. So short answer is - not on my signature.