Mike Granby wrote:
Newps wrote:


Hogwash


I disagree. If the FSDO don't want to issue the Field Approval, you
have no further recourse, except to try and get it through a different
FSDO.

You miss the point. It doesn't need a field approval in the first
place. Find a mechanic with some balls.




FSDO is not in the loop anymore as
all field approvals go right to OKC now.


Nonsense. I got a field approval last year on a Boom Beam,


Yes, last year. As of the last few weeks local FSDO's are out of the
loop. All 337's go to OKC now and are not reviewed for airworthiness.



and it was
most certainly sent to the FSDO. The submission goes to the FSDO, and
then perhaps to the ACO if it's particular complicated, but it's still
the FSDO that controls the process. Now, the completed 337s go straight
to OK City, but that's something else entirely.

FSDO is completely out of the picture. Your options are to get a
mechanic who knows the regs and realizes an Air Gizmo is not now and not
ever something that needs a field approval. For something that does
need approval you can either submit it to the FAA in OKC and they will
get around to it when they get around to it. This could take years.
Another option is to hire a DER to provide your mechanic with the
required data. Either way the local FSDO doesn't have thing one to say
about it.