@TigerGene For what I'd expect to be able to sell the airplane for, I won't come out ahead. Ahead of the current outstanding bill alone, maybe. But overall, pretty sure I'd have been better off renting. It's pretty painful to have a steady flow money into a hangar and insurance for a plane that...
@scorpio You're of course entitled to that opinion. I was actually advising people to exercise caution in pursuing raffle entries, and giving rationale for doing so based on my experience.
Would I like WoH to ultimately make good on their offer? Yes, of course I would, and I said so. But...
@Grum.Man As I've said before, my point in posting here isn't to put this situation to trial in the court of public opinion. That said, I have no particular objection to sharing - I'll ask my attorney if he has any objection to my doing so.
@Grum.Man Again, you may be right, but they had the list of issues, which was not limited to the wings. They didn't ask for any additional info or pricing or anything before offering. And I still believe someone in that position must have had a reasonable idea what the cost would be.
@Grum.Man Could be....but I would think the head of a maintenance department with a fleet of similar aircraft would have a pretty good idea of the cost of repairs. And if he didn't, why make the offer without asking?
@Kenny Phillips An A&P determined it was not airworthy. WoH suggested he might be overly conservative and encouraged a second opinion. We pursued a second opinion from another A&P, who concurred. Then WoH offered to cover repair costs, hence the situation now.
@Ken Pedersen I appreciate you...
@SoonerAviator Possible legal actions aside (because PoA isn't the right forum), I also would've expected WOH to stand by their word.
@timwinters Thank you - this is my point. Whether they had to or not, they chose to make the offer, and offer on which I have now relied.
Quite. At the time when I won, it was precisely the kind of aircraft i needed - I was after all a student with a whopping 10 hours or so in my logbook.
No disrespect intended here @SkyDog58 - yes aviation is expensive, etc. All of this is true. I've already said as much. But the bottom line is that isn't really relevant anymore. When I had a plane with problems, I had a challenge I needed to resolve. I could have done many things -...
@scorpio I didn't make a request for payment. I made a request for information. They offered payment, then backed away after the fact. That's the whole point.
@scorpio Obviously that's true. It's also a question for my attorney and myself. My point in posting here wasn't to look for legal advice. It was as stated - to inform others that I have found WOH to be unreliable. Whether they can be legally held accountable is not a question for a forum...
@eman1200 Offhand I don't believe that list did carry pricing, but I'm not certain and don't have it in front of my at this very moment. But the Director of Maintenance for WoH surely knows approximately what repairs on a C172 run, wouldn't you think? They didn't ask for more info, they...