On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 01:46:46 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Man, as an owner, I'd kill the avionics tech that made it "non-swingable"
(or whatever). Just think of the billions of hours of billable tech time
wasted because they have to take the seats out, etc., in order to get at the
backside of things...

Oh, wait... Ah. I get it now.

;-)

One of my top ten favorites was an old V-tail Bananer that had fixed
nuts on the aft (aircraft aft) side of the instrument panel. Which
basically meant pulling an instrument required getting to the screw
heads. Get the picture?

Gotta admit Jay, I get a kick out of youse guys carrying on about
having to get behind the panel. To steal/paraphrase a line from a
plumber friend of mine-your **** (or your **** jobs) is my bread and
butter.

All kidding aside, minimal access combined with tight quarters and
marginal engineering makes it really tough to root around
behind-the-dash without messing things up. Even if you're skilled and
very, very careful.

TC