nuckollsr(at)cox.net
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 Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:25 am Post subject: "Major" vs. "minor" (was: use of toggle switch breakers) |
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Like many of you on the list, I've had dealings with the
government on aviation matters for over 40 years. I've observed
a trend within the FAA that is mirrored in the industry. Fewer
and fewer individuals of responsibility UNDERSTAND the science
of their craft. Those who do understand have less and less
authority to exercise their skills free of bureaucratic impediments
to progress. I have been a dismayed witness to the decline of both
government's ability to "protect us from ourselves" and industry's
ability to apply simple-ideas in logical ways to enhance the
value of their product.
With respect to the "legal" modification of TC aircraft at any
level, I crafted this piece about 7 years ago prompted by
a thread on some forum . . .
http://www.aeroelectric.com/articles/major.html
In the intervening years, I've observed no situations that
would cause me to modify that article in any way. In fact,
just last week, I finished a series of hat-dances driven
by regulation, policy, and procedures that cost hundreds
of thousands of dollars to do a simple, no-brainer mod
to a TC aircraft . . . for all the stacks of paper generated
and $time$ expended, the "certification" effort proved
nothing we didn't already know and prompted no changes
in materials or design. I.e, added no value.
I've often suggested that if there's a bright star on
the horizon for small, personally owned aircraft, it's in
the basements and garages of folks here on the List and
elsewhere who have taken the initiative to seek divorce
from the institutions and philosophies that are presently
strangling general aviation.
Are we a "force" strong enough to resist the relentless,
incremental pressures for which bureaucracies are so
famous? Don't know. But if one plots present trends out
into the future, it is exceedingly difficult to be optimistic.
Enjoy it while you can my friends.
Bob . . .
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