 Training Plane
On May 27, 12:04 pm, Dan_Thomas_nos...m wrote:
> If buying an airplane is to save money on training, forget it,
> unless you're buying something that's been very well cared for or is
> relatively new. Sometimes one of our students will decide to do just
> that, and will find out the hard way (after we've warned them) that
> airworthiness issures are very likely to crop up when we inspect the
> airplane before any of our instructors fly in it. It doesn't take much
> to mean thousands of dollars in repairs before it goes anywhere.
Personally, this sounds very dishonest to me. If the plane has an
annual signed by an IA why do you need to inspect it again? Do you
require that your shop do the repairs and inspections? Sounds like
students who buy their own plane should seek out inde CFIs rather than
visit your place.
-Robert
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