George Patterson wrote:
wrote:


You're lucky... my A&P /IA makes _me_ do all the grunt work myself,
plus I have to pay for all the beer after the plane is put back
together, signed off and test flown.


There are shops in this area that make you do all the grunt work and
then charge you shop rates for your own labor.

My annual inspection is flat fee (a lot more than Weir would charge!)
and the mechanic teases that she doesn't charge more when the owners
help :-). I think she actually spends more time when the owners do help
as she explains everything and teaches at least one new task a year.
After a few years the savings start to add up not with the cost of the
inspection, but with the costs of the repairs/improvements made at the
time. When we put in a new ELT, which included fabricating a bracket
and running wires for the new remote switch the only charge from the
mechanic was for the paperwork compliance.

Margy

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.