X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 11:11:52 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mx2.timesync.com ([67.218.99.10] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4c3j) with ESMTP id 4988193 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 18 May 2011 22:59:54 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=67.218.99.10; envelope-from=schroder@timesync.com Received: from ns1.timesync.net (ns1.timesync.net [67.218.99.5]) by mx2.timesync.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C9BA22DC37 for ; Wed, 18 May 2011 19:59:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns1.timesync.net (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by ns1.timesync.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A1DC375899 for ; Wed, 18 May 2011 19:59:19 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at timesync.com Received: from ns1.timesync.net ([127.0.0.1]) by ns1.timesync.net (ns1.timesync.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id kdTS8uRSkILH for ; Wed, 18 May 2011 19:59:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from antares.timesync.com (antares.timesync.com [67.218.99.9]) by ns1.timesync.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10EB2375808 for ; Wed, 18 May 2011 19:59:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 71.196.225.179 with HTTP by webserver antares.timesync.com (64.221.210.25) ; Wed, 18 May 2011 19:59:18 PDT X-Original-Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 19:59:18 -0700 X-Original-Message-Id: <201105181959.AA78315578@antares.timesync.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: "schroder" Reply-To: X-Sender: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: [LML] Re: Aircraft Repairs X-Mailer: I can't say much about the bad shops but can say I have had excellent service on two different aircraft at Fibercraft (Matthew Collier) in Redmond, OR. They do quality work and have always been very helpful answering my many questions and making suggestions to improve my aircraft. I highly recommend this shop. Dave Schroder LIV-P >Mike, > >>From my personal experience I have found that there is a mix of >response from our industry: the good are very very good and the bad are >very very (very) bad. The good do superb work for reasonable >compensation (RDD and the Hadlich duo come to mind) and the bad steal >your money and leave you with an unsafe aircraft (names withheld). > >It is the bad ones that stick in our minds. They could be bad because >they do not have the technical expertise, or because they have no people >skills, or because they are just flat out trying to cheat the builder. >What per cent are very good? 10%? 20%? That means the balance are >just average or bad and are therefore suspect. > >Perhaps the writer has a pessimistic view but that that has been shown >to be closer to reality than the optimist's view. No apology justified. > > >Robert M. Simon >ES-P N301ES > > >-----Original Message----- >Your comment that "He is a very responsive person which is [unusual in >the aviation industry]", was uncalled for, especially so in the >experimental aircraft maintenance business community. >Would you care to air your linen in more detail, and let the LML group >make a collective decision? Or perhaps an "academic apology" is in >order... >Sincerely, Mike Wynn, LNC Builder/AV Business owner/C-Pilot/A&P 34 >years/ex FAA IA > > > >-- >For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html >