In a previous article, "Carl Orton" said:
prepurchase, but, suppose I find an airplane for sale at my existing home
airport, and the current owner's A&P is also based there? If I intend to use
the same A&P for future annuals, what's the harm if he does the prepurchase,
especially if I tell him that up front?

We've had pre-purchase inspections done by the guy who did the owner's
regular maintenance work, but we've also been using this guy for our 5
plane fleet for dozens of years, so we had no doubt of his loyalty to us.

I wouldn't put him in a me or him situation with only one aircraft on the
line, though.

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