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It's pretty easy to get off track here. For what it's worth, from the very beginning, FAA's position at every meeting was that there was a compliance problem, not a safety problem. EAA presented lots of data to show that amateur built is getting safer, not worse. FAA said, "Yeah, we know. Now about the compliance problem...". Saftey should be considered, and it should be realized that safety has been improving in an enviornment where professional building has essentially been allowed to take place. But as intuitive as it seems, it is difficult to concretely link professional building to safer airplanes. Without anything better to go on, FAA will solve its compliance problem the best way it knows how. In this case, since there was no agreement as to how to define 51%, and thereby define what to look for, FAA will decide on its own what 51% means. Dave Saylor AirCrafters LLC 140 Aviation Way Watsonville, CA 831-722-9141 831-750-0284 CL www.AirCraftersLLC.com -----Original Message----- From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Colyn Case on earthlink Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 7:46 AM To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: [LML] Re: 51% rule? so....not to get off track here or anything.....but shouldn't the issue be how to make the planes safe? vs. who did the work? -- For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html