Manufacturers estimates for maintenance

On Feb 11, 3:02*pm, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:
So the short answer is, don't worry about it, just know its *going to
cost you a crazy, insane amount of money but you'll never had to worry
about flying a piece of crap rental plane.

No - but unless you do worry about it and understand exactly what the
shop is doing, and why, and learn enough to at least inspect their
work, then you do have to worry about flying a piece of crap owned
airplane. Taking your plane to the manufacturer's authorized service
center and paying top dollar is no assurance that the required
maintenance will be done correctly - or done at all, for that matter,
even when it is billed.

I seem to recall you learning that lesson the first time you did an
owner-assited annual.

It is unfortunate, but owning a plane is not like owning a car. It is
a lot like owning a car used to be - at about the time the CAA (later
FAA) got involved in regulating aircraft manufacturing and maintenance
and effectively stopped all progress.

Michael