TimTaylor wrote:Warmi wrote:
It seems that there are regulations and there are common practices and quite often these two are not necessarily in agreement.
I would be surprised if that's true. I hope it's a rare occurrence.
I don’t know but it seems like it is not.
Obiously, I am not going to name names but starting with the very ferry pilot who brought my plane , another very experienced DPE and quite a few various other pilots ( after they got to know me ) , i keep hearing that , yeah , we shouldn’t be doing it but everyone is doing it anyway ...
It is not just that ... in just one year, I have seen people replace avionics on certified planes on their own ... do all sorts of maintenance that they are not certified to do ... and it is not that I was seeking out some kind of aviation underground ... just hanging out at my and other airports.
I am not really surprised all that much either ... if you end up creating a bottomless pit of costly regulations that are almost impossible to follow for anyone without a corporate budget - you frankly leave them no choice .. it is either that or stop flying.