'Good' Annual This Year

Hankal ) wrote:

Another couple of those, and it will make up for that first $4900.00 one!

My first one was $14,380.00
This year it was $400.00
Of course a different shop

Lessie, based on my calculations, you need about 15 more years of $400.00
annuals to make up for that $14,380 one. Wow, now that's an annual.

--
Peter

annuals to make up for that $14,380 one. Wow, now that's an annual.


And it was 90% labor.
50 hours inspection---after the the pre-buy was done. This was $3000.00
Hank N1441P

And it was 90% labor.
50 hours inspection---after the the pre-buy was done. This was $3000.00

It would seem like your old shop must have taught my old mechanic how to pad
the bill, eh?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

It would seem like your old shop must have taught my old mechanic how to pad
the bill, eh?

I have seen the IA repair his car and charge the labor to my plane.
Attorney says it would most likely cost more to take them to court.
If they did not have my log books I would have called the Sheriff, got my plane
and said see ya.

Hank N1441P

I have seen the IA repair his car and charge the labor to my plane.

I surely hope that you have posted the name of these criminals somewhere on
Usenet. You've got to save your fellow pilots from these folks!

$35K for an annual goes far beyond the norm, into the realm of the obscene.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

If you want to have a good cry, ask Javier how much his annual cost him this
year {;-)


Jim




"Jay Honeck"
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

- I have seen the IA repair his car and charge the labor to my plane.
-
-I surely hope that you have posted the name of these criminals somewhere on
-Usenet. You've got to save your fellow pilots from these folks!
-
-$35K for an annual goes far beyond the norm, into the realm of the obscene.

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

I switched shops this year for my annual . . . because last year the shop
charged me for my OWN labor! I was scheduled to fly down to the field today to
start, but damn if the Pres didn't decide to visit and have his usual 30nm TFR
closing the airport. Oh, well . . . it will end in about an hour . . .


www.Rosspilot.com

Jim Weir writes:

If you want to have a good cry, ask Javier how much his annual cost him this
year {;-)

To say NOTHING of the highly abusive request for a six pack of
caffeinated diet coke! That added a whole buck fifty to the bill.

The total expense, including the above six pack, a new battery, 12 new
spark plugs, and a few other consumables, came to something like five
hundred bucks. I own a 1973 Cessna Skylane.

Owner assisted annuals rule. It boils down to sweat equity
vs. checkbook hara-kiri. I did all the prep work over a few evenings,
then Jim came over and did the inspection thing, and I reassembled the
plane over a few more evenings.

Highly recommended.

-jav