stingray
Line Up and Wait
I was recycling through my old AOPA magazines ( I no longer get them), and came across an article on pilot responsabilities in regards to putting plane back in service. Sept 2006 page 56
It says in the article that the pilot helped work on the plane to get it back in the air after it was at the shop way too long. They were working late at night and it does not seem that an A&P or AI was there but other employees were working on the plane. The owner got hit for working on the plane without being under the supervision of an A&P. It did not say however whether or not the other employees were repromanded or the shop for that matter.
Does it matter if you are an employee? If you are an employee of a shop but not yet rated as an A&P can you then work on a certified plane without being in direct contact of the A&P (A&P goes to lunch)? I know that if you are an owner you can work on the plane if you are in direct supervision of an A&P or AI. From the article it did not seem to be a big deal that the employees were not A&P's but were still working on the plane without an A&P being present. Is it different for electronics? They were working on avionics. The pilot got hit for replacing a cover on a box.
Dan
It says in the article that the pilot helped work on the plane to get it back in the air after it was at the shop way too long. They were working late at night and it does not seem that an A&P or AI was there but other employees were working on the plane. The owner got hit for working on the plane without being under the supervision of an A&P. It did not say however whether or not the other employees were repromanded or the shop for that matter.
Does it matter if you are an employee? If you are an employee of a shop but not yet rated as an A&P can you then work on a certified plane without being in direct contact of the A&P (A&P goes to lunch)? I know that if you are an owner you can work on the plane if you are in direct supervision of an A&P or AI. From the article it did not seem to be a big deal that the employees were not A&P's but were still working on the plane without an A&P being present. Is it different for electronics? They were working on avionics. The pilot got hit for replacing a cover on a box.
Dan