ZRX61 wrote:
oscardeuce wrote:
In my opinion, as a person who helped write a medical and flight SOP for a historical flight experience, the FAA has always made it almost impossible to comply with any changes . For example: an AD came out on the Hueys in the late 90s. The FAA pulled our our exemption. We contacted them and asked for exactly what they wanted done, how they wanted it done, any to add in writing once we complied with their plan they would have immediately reinstated our flight exemption.
They said “No”to the immediate written reinstatement. The fixes were in excess of $60,000 per aircraft, and with no guarantee we could give flights again, we we did not have the financial means to fix the ADs without knowing we would have income to off set the investment.
That is how they will kill the historical experience program, just refuse to support and then regulate them out of existence.
Yet there are some Huey outfits operating under LHFE regs. Was this the fin AD?
Yes both the mast and fin/tailboom ADs
What is your point about the current Hueys?
Maybe your pockets are infinitely deep, but not ours.
You trying to accuse me of not telling the truth?
In fact those Hueys flying today are using the SOP that we wrote initially. If it wasn’t for our ground breaking work it might not be happening today.
Our local FAA rep would not issue the letter that guaranteed the reinstatement of our exemption. Maybe he was just being a dick, and the current groups have a more friendly representative. I don’t know, but I do know the rules are not equally enforced.
Your mileage may vary