"joe mamma" wrote in message
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Kage,

As for your comments infering that because an A&P works on A Piper
Arrow, he is a shade tree mechanic....well it's just an assholic
comment.I have seen outstanding single engine mechanics.


Of course, Joe, I said that tongue in cheek, knowing it would get a rise.
This IS Usenet! One must keep the standards up.

I guess the point is that one can find some scum bag mechanic to sign off on
anything. Just like you can find some "assholic" pilot to fly that same
airplane away. My own mechanic was charging $35/hr. five years ago. He was
always complaining about the way he was treated by his customers.They always
wanted something for nothing, for him to sign off on questionable items,
borrowing his tools, borrowing his hangar, questioning his knowledge about
airworthy parts, showing him how to "correctly" do his job.....etc, etc.

I seriously urged him to raise his rates, which he did, in several increases
over the years. He is now at $95/hr. He is still busy. But, ALL of the
freeloaders have gone away. Plus, he has time for his own projects that make
him far more money than doing annuals. I am now suggesting to him that $105
sounds somehow psychologically lower than $95. I want him to stay in the
business and be comfortable. His knowledge of my airplane is exceptional and
his basement is full of new parts from his old, closed, large shop, from
which he too, escaped.

Congratulations on escaping SAV.

Karl