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Maintenance for Old Airplanes
Did you see this on Avweb today?
"Aircraft owners in Kansas and parts of the Southwest are worried about a policy adopted by one and possibly two aircraft maintenance providers to refuse to work on aircraft that are 18 years or older. " http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#194113 This sounds pretty ominous for those of us with old airplanes. Has anyone run into this yet? I haven't, but did hear rumors about it regarding a local FBO, but have not had a problem so far. Mike |
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Maintenance for Old Airplanes
"Mike Adams" wrote in message ... Did you see this on Avweb today? "Aircraft owners in Kansas and parts of the Southwest are worried about a policy adopted by one and possibly two aircraft maintenance providers to refuse to work on aircraft that are 18 years or older. " Damn, my car is older than that! I like old things and the drive to force obsolescence just offends me so much. One of my bikes is fifty this year! |
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Maintenance for Old Airplanes
-----Original Message----- From: Floppy ] Posted At: Monday, January 01, 2007 11:40 AM Posted To: rec.aviation.owning Conversation: Maintenance for Old Airplanes Subject: Maintenance for Old Airplanes "Mike Adams" wrote in message ... Did you see this on Avweb today? "Aircraft owners in Kansas and parts of the Southwest are worried about a policy adopted by one and possibly two aircraft maintenance providers to refuse to work on aircraft that are 18 years or older. " Damn, my car is older than that! I like old things and the drive to force obsolescence just offends me so much. One of my bikes is fifty this year! Let's hope this practice of not working on older things doesn't bleed over into the medical profession... |
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Maintenance for Old Airplanes
Cutter at DVT tried this crap around last May. The airport stepped in,
Cutter was given their lease based on being an equal opportunity FBO from what I recall. This doesn't keep them from overpricing to keep the little guys out though. On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 17:08:43 GMT, Mike Adams wrote: Did you see this on Avweb today? "Aircraft owners in Kansas and parts of the Southwest are worried about a policy adopted by one and possibly two aircraft maintenance providers to refuse to work on aircraft that are 18 years or older. " http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#194113 This sounds pretty ominous for those of us with old airplanes. Has anyone run into this yet? I haven't, but did hear rumors about it regarding a local FBO, but have not had a problem so far. Mike |
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Maintenance for Old Airplanes
"JC" == Jim Carter writes:
JC Let's hope this practice of not working on older things JC doesn't bleed over into the medical profession... It did already with HMOs...just talk to someone who's tried to have the medical system (I won't call it a profession) take care of their aging parent... -- We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones. La Rochefoucauld |
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Maintenance for Old Airplanes
they keep that up.. unless it goes industry wide.. they won't have any work
most of the airplanes currently flying are more than 18yrs old BT "Mike Adams" wrote in message ... Did you see this on Avweb today? "Aircraft owners in Kansas and parts of the Southwest are worried about a policy adopted by one and possibly two aircraft maintenance providers to refuse to work on aircraft that are 18 years or older. " http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#194113 This sounds pretty ominous for those of us with old airplanes. Has anyone run into this yet? I haven't, but did hear rumors about it regarding a local FBO, but have not had a problem so far. Mike |
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On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 17:08:43 GMT, Mike Adams
wrote: Did you see this on Avweb today? "Aircraft owners in Kansas and parts of the Southwest are worried about a policy adopted by one and possibly two aircraft maintenance providers to refuse to work on aircraft that are 18 years or older. " http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#194113 Interesting, I had not considered the adverse affect that GARA would have on the maintenance industry. -Nathan |
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Maintenance for Old Airplanes
Maybe the dealers will stop servicing older planes, but I doubt the small
independents will. You'll always find soneone looking to increase their business by attracting new customers. It really seems short-sighted to me. If I buy a fifteen year old plane, I would never bring it to a shop that will refuse to service it in three years. So any new customers would probably (IMHO) own thirteen year old and younger planes. "BT" wrote in message ... they keep that up.. unless it goes industry wide.. they won't have any work most of the airplanes currently flying are more than 18yrs old BT "Mike Adams" wrote in message ... Did you see this on Avweb today? "Aircraft owners in Kansas and parts of the Southwest are worried about a policy adopted by one and possibly two aircraft maintenance providers to refuse to work on aircraft that are 18 years or older. " http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#194113 This sounds pretty ominous for those of us with old airplanes. Has anyone run into this yet? I haven't, but did hear rumors about it regarding a local FBO, but have not had a problem so far. Mike |
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