Re: Pietenpol-List: aircraft repairman - need info
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 10:24 pm
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Merry Christmas (and I'm not afraid to say it that way) everybody.I need some information. As you all may have noticed, I've been concernedthat some Federal Aviation Regs regarding the application for RepairmanCertificate may be either fraudulently or at least inconsistently be beingapplied. I have first-hand knowledge that the Atlanta FSDO, in some cases,is not requiring the builder to come in to the FSDO and be interviewed aspart of the Repairman Certificate application. I live about 15 miles southof the Georgia border in Florida and I am being told I have to drive 600plus miles (at least 8 hours round trip) to be "interviewed" by the FAAAirworthiness Inspectors in Tampa to receive my repairman certificate.Now, I don't mind the "interview" - hell I built this sucker from DIRT andknow it a helluva lot better than some FAA desk-dude. But I feel that thereis such an unreasonable inconvenience here that I'm not willing to take offwork, spend the travel time and money, and jump through their hoops to doit. Especially since THEIR DAR has signed off on the plane and confirmedthat the airplane is airworthy, I built it, and I am who I say I am. Sobasically I payed $400 for a DAR to show up 2 hrs late, chat for 2 hoursand, give me a partial process. If it's so d*** important they need to getoff their a**es into the field and do some "airworthiness inspecting".That's what MY federal tax dollars pay for - yours , too.I plan on writing the head of the FAA and asking for some answers - such aswhy I am being mandated to do something somebody else - 15 miles north ofme- is not- to meet the same FAR requirement. I don't know if this isdiscriminatory or why - it's at very least inconsistent and bureaucratic.If you have received your Repairman Certificate on a project you built inthe last 5 years, please e-mail me off-line to tell if you had to "visit"your FAA office for an "interview" - where it was- and how far your travelwas. Also please estimate out of pocket costs and time away from work ifpossible.Thanks, Bert----- Original Message -----
Merry Christmas (and I'm not afraid to say it that way) everybody.I need some information. As you all may have noticed, I've been concernedthat some Federal Aviation Regs regarding the application for RepairmanCertificate may be either fraudulently or at least inconsistently be beingapplied. I have first-hand knowledge that the Atlanta FSDO, in some cases,is not requiring the builder to come in to the FSDO and be interviewed aspart of the Repairman Certificate application. I live about 15 miles southof the Georgia border in Florida and I am being told I have to drive 600plus miles (at least 8 hours round trip) to be "interviewed" by the FAAAirworthiness Inspectors in Tampa to receive my repairman certificate.Now, I don't mind the "interview" - hell I built this sucker from DIRT andknow it a helluva lot better than some FAA desk-dude. But I feel that thereis such an unreasonable inconvenience here that I'm not willing to take offwork, spend the travel time and money, and jump through their hoops to doit. Especially since THEIR DAR has signed off on the plane and confirmedthat the airplane is airworthy, I built it, and I am who I say I am. Sobasically I payed $400 for a DAR to show up 2 hrs late, chat for 2 hoursand, give me a partial process. If it's so d*** important they need to getoff their a**es into the field and do some "airworthiness inspecting".That's what MY federal tax dollars pay for - yours , too.I plan on writing the head of the FAA and asking for some answers - such aswhy I am being mandated to do something somebody else - 15 miles north ofme- is not- to meet the same FAR requirement. I don't know if this isdiscriminatory or why - it's at very least inconsistent and bureaucratic.If you have received your Repairman Certificate on a project you built inthe last 5 years, please e-mail me off-line to tell if you had to "visit"your FAA office for an "interview" - where it was- and how far your travelwas. Also please estimate out of pocket costs and time away from work ifpossible.Thanks, Bert----- Original Message -----