"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
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Changing a tire on an airplane is more like changing the
front hub on a car.

Okay...now describe the steps and skills involved in doing a brake job.

Why should he?

The point is not how complex the task is. It's whether it's allowed under
FAR 43.17(c). Tires changes are. Brake work is not.

Now, that said...a tire change is only permitted "provided it does not
involve complex assembly operations". Jim's description of a tire change is
accurate for many aircraft, but such a tire change may be precluded by the
prohibition against "complex assembly operations". It depends on how the
FAA (i.e. your local inspector) interprets the word "complex".

Jim certainly makes the process *sound* "complex".

I've never heard of a pilot being cited for replacing a tire, but there's
certainly room for equivocation in the regulation.

Pete