That said, there are dozens of preventive maintenance items that don't require an A&P.There is a reason some of us went to school just like you. I don't try to fly the airplane, please don't assume you can fix it. I have a lot more to rant about but this is a public forum. And if it matters I'm a PPL and A/P.
There is a reason some of us went to school just like you. I don't try to fly the airplane, please don't assume you can fix it. I have a lot more to rant about but this is a public forum. And if it matters I'm a PPL and A/P. I don't fly the aircraft I work on.
I also agree that some pilots get way too deep into the systems bit. Follow the checklist, and land if necessary. There's only so much you can do from the cockpit when something breaks.There is a reason some of us went to school just like you. I don't try to fly the airplane, please don't assume you can fix it. I have a lot more to rant about but this is a public forum. And if it matters I'm a PPL and A/P. I don't fly the aircraft I work on.
On the other hand, there are a LOT of troubleshooting steps you can do from the cockpit that will eliminate the fall-back "could not duplicate" response!!!I also agree that some pilots get way too deep into the systems bit. Follow the checklist, and land if necessary. There's only so much you can do from the cockpit when something breaks.
That said, there are dozens of preventive maintenance items that don't require an A&P.
...I know I wouldn't do most of the preventative maintenance items unless I had an A/P with me to help and check.
Certainly, in commercial operations.Was angry, now calm. Pilots that carry a small toolbox with them can be a great thing or a thorn in your side. Let us fix it, it's our job. You don't know what you don't know, and I don't know what I don't know. It's supposed to be simbiotic, you break it I fix it.
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Was angry, now calm. Pilots that carry a small toolbox with them can be a great thing or a thorn in your side. Let us fix it, it's our job. You don't know what you don't know, and I don't know what I don't know. It's supposed to be simbiotic, you break it I fix it.
As an aside, I wish it were as practical for a pilot to get an A&P as it is for an A&P to get a pilot's license. Not "easy"—that stuff ain't easy—but "practical". I would love to get my A&P, but neither apprenticeship nor full time school is realistic.
* Edit: To be clear, I'm not advocating someone who is not certified to do unauthorized nor unsupervised work on a certified aircraft, but as you might guess from my responses above, I'm pretty fed up with aviation maintenance in general.
That said, there are dozens of preventive maintenance items that don't require an A&P.
If you're the aircraft owner.