wrote:

When I did my most recent one in 2000, the Designee charged me about
$200. He had all the appropriate forms ready to go, and we were done
with the whole thing in about 2 hours including lunch. IIRC, the
extra effort goes into the Operating Limitations document itself,
which is pretty much boilerplate from the FAAs advisory circular and
forms that all the DARs should have.

I can't think of what else should lead to tripling the price.

Erik Mann

How about greed?

Perhaps he has never done an experimental glider before, so he expects
it's going to take some time to find out what to do. He quotes a price
that makes it worth the extra time and effort.

It might worth asking if he's done it before, and if he hasn't, offer to
have someone who has done it to give him a call, explain what's needed,
and assure him it's not near as bad as he thinks.

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