 Training Plane
On Tue, 27 May 2008 17:25:01 -0700 (PDT), Robert M. Gary wrote:
> 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
What a load of gibberish, your trust IAs implicitly? The only reason I
don't own my plane is because I have no con in myself or anyone else I
have met to actually, fully and completely "sign off" on a plane's
condition. I have met too many vets who have been screwed over.
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