Maintenance for Old Airplanes

[Mike Adams[_2_]]

Did you see this on Avweb today?

"Aircraft owners in Kansas and parts of the Southwest are worried about a policy adopted by one and
possibly two aircraft maintenance providers to refuse to work on aircraft that are 18 years or older. "

http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/775-full.html#194113

This sounds pretty ominous for those of us with old airplanes. Has anyone run into this yet? I haven't, but
did hear rumors about it regarding a local FBO, but have not had a problem so far.

Mike

[Floppy]

"Mike Adams" > wrote in message
...
> Did you see this on Avweb today?
>
> "Aircraft owners in Kansas and parts of the Southwest are worried about a
> policy adopted by one and
> possibly two aircraft maintenance providers to refuse to work on aircraft
> that are 18 years or older. "


Damn, my car is older than that! I like old things and the drive to force
obsolescence just offends me so much. One of my bikes is fifty this year!

[Jim Carter[_1_]]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Floppy ]
> Posted At: Monday, January 01, 2007 11:40 AM
> Posted To: rec.aviation.owning
> Conversation: Maintenance for Old Airplanes
> Subject: Re: Maintenance for Old Airplanes
>
>
> "Mike Adams" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Did you see this on Avweb today?
> >
> > "Aircraft owners in Kansas and parts of the Southwest are worried
about
> a
> > policy adopted by one and
> > possibly two aircraft maintenance providers to refuse to work on
> aircraft
> > that are 18 years or older. "
>
>
> Damn, my car is older than that! I like old things and the drive to
force
> obsolescence just offends me so much. One of my bikes is fifty this
year!

Let's hope this practice of not working on older things doesn't bleed
over into the medical profession...

[Robert Dorsey]

Cutter at DVT tried this crap around last May. The airport stepped in,
Cutter was given their lease based on being an equal opportunity FBO
from what I recall. This doesn't keep them from overpricing to keep
the little guys out though.



On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 17:08:43 GMT, Mike Adams
> wrote:

>Did you see this on Avweb today?
>
>"Aircraft owners in Kansas and parts of the Southwest are worried about a policy adopted by one and
>possibly two aircraft maintenance providers to refuse to work on aircraft that are 18 years or older. "
>
>http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/775-full.html#194113
>
>This sounds pretty ominous for those of us with old airplanes. Has anyone run into this yet? I haven't, but
>did hear rumors about it regarding a local FBO, but have not had a problem so far.
>
>Mike

[Bob Fry]

>>>>> "JC" == Jim Carter > writes:

JC> Let's hope this practice of not working on older things
JC> doesn't bleed over into the medical profession...

It did already with HMOs...just talk to someone who's tried to have
the medical system (I won't call it a profession) take care of their
aging parent...

--
We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we
are free from great ones.
La Rochefoucauld

[BT]

they keep that up.. unless it goes industry wide.. they won't have any work
most of the airplanes currently flying are more than 18yrs old
BT

"Mike Adams" > wrote in message
...
> Did you see this on Avweb today?
>
> "Aircraft owners in Kansas and parts of the Southwest are worried about a
> policy adopted by one and
> possibly two aircraft maintenance providers to refuse to work on aircraft
> that are 18 years or older. "
>
> http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/775-full.html#194113
>
> This sounds pretty ominous for those of us with old airplanes. Has anyone
> run into this yet? I haven't, but
> did hear rumors about it regarding a local FBO, but have not had a problem
> so far.
>
> Mike

[Nathan Young]

On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 17:08:43 GMT, Mike Adams
> wrote:

>Did you see this on Avweb today?
>
>"Aircraft owners in Kansas and parts of the Southwest are worried about a policy adopted by one and
>possibly two aircraft maintenance providers to refuse to work on aircraft that are 18 years or older. "
>
>http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/775-full.html#194113

Interesting, I had not considered the adverse affect that GARA would
have on the maintenance industry.

-Nathan

[Steve Foley[_2_]]

Maybe the dealers will stop servicing older planes, but I doubt the small
independents will. You'll always find soneone looking to increase their
business by attracting new customers.

It really seems short-sighted to me. If I buy a fifteen year old plane, I
would never bring it to a shop that will refuse to service it in three
years. So any new customers would probably (IMHO) own thirteen year old and
younger planes.



"BT" > wrote in message
...
> they keep that up.. unless it goes industry wide.. they won't have any
> work
> most of the airplanes currently flying are more than 18yrs old
> BT
>
> "Mike Adams" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Did you see this on Avweb today?
>>
>> "Aircraft owners in Kansas and parts of the Southwest are worried about a
>> policy adopted by one and
>> possibly two aircraft maintenance providers to refuse to work on aircraft
>> that are 18 years or older. "
>>
>> http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/775-full.html#194113
>>
>> This sounds pretty ominous for those of us with old airplanes. Has anyone
>> run into this yet? I haven't, but
>> did hear rumors about it regarding a local FBO, but have not had a
>> problem so far.
>>
>> Mike
>
>