OutofRudder wrote:

I
also received a cc of the letter the owners wrote back to my CFI and a refund
of the unused portion of $$ I had paid them. They obviously want nothing
further to do with me -- why? for taking a stand about my own safety?

It occurs to me that the owners may have decided to take the plane off the line
with this many problems with it. Perhaps they're losing money. Just a guess, and
you'll know it's wrong if they rent the plane to someone else.

Hey, at least you got a refund. Some people have been cheated out of the unused
bank money.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."