"Hilton" wrote in message hlink.net...
Roger Long wrote:
Trust no one. When you are PIC, the buck stops with you.

In your opinion, is it really feasible/practical for a renter pilot to
ensure 100% that the aircraft is airworthy? By this, I mean, go through the
logs, ensure every AD has been addressed including the recurring ones,
verify the W&B ensuring that nothing has been added or removed etc, the
signatures are all legal and valid, no pages are missing or have been
inserted, every part on the aircraft is 'legal', etc etc. I've read that
pilots do this when buying aircraft and it takes them days or longer.

Most FBOs put the annual time and 100 hr time on the renter's booklet.
I believe the NTSB has said that this is good enough, if the FBO
actually lies about the annual there, then that's just fraud on their
part (if they can lie there they can lie in the logs). Our FBO puts
copies of the inspections in the rental booklet for that plane so you
have it ready for checkrides. It makes showing the required
inspections easy because if you miss one, you'll notice something else
in the book you didn't tell the DE about.

-Robert