On Jan 5, 3:16*pm, glider wrote:
* It not so easy to defend the FAA, but I'll bet the Inspector wanted
to get out of the office. I can certainly understand that since it can
be a zoo inside.
*Not all FAA people are helpful and have a "Can-do" attitude but my
experince has always been positive with the Atlanta office.
*Our friends in Europe and the UK have it much worse than we have in
the States.
*GA

* On Jan 5, 3:39*pm, Todd wrote:

Several years ago I (finally) got my Operating Limitations updated to
reflect the new home base. *A multi-year process getting kicked back
and forth between CLE and DTW FSDO. (I live in OH, Glider lives in
MI). *The process was quite friendly but drawn out. *After a few email
back and forth to tweak the Op-Limitations, we got it
done...except....he really wanted to see the glider. *We met one day
at KADG and he did a full body cavity search of my ship. *All the
paperwork, all the placards, read the POH cover to cover. *Fortunately
I have a really good A&P-IA (thanks Matt/Y70) and that stuff *was all
ok.

In the end I am not sure what we accomplished other than wasting over
half a day of my time for the inspection and a nice spring day trip
for the FAA Inspector from KCLE to KADG (140 miles each way) at
taxpayer expense that could have been handled by an inspector from
KDTW FSDO 40 miles away.

Yup, they are overworked.

As a German Ex-Pat I certainly agree with glider. Had nothing but
positive experiences with US bureaucrats, including FAA/FSDO. When I
got the (experimental) airworthiness cert for my LS8 in 2001 from the
Greensboro NC FSDO, they came with two inspectors to our gliderclub,
admitting they had never seen a glider! After about 2-3 hours of
deliberate and slow proceedings they issued the papers on the spot, no
charge, no expenses, declined my offer of lunch. Nice guys, too...
Herb, J7