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I posted in another forum about renewing my Airworthiness Certificate.
It seems like different FSDO's seem to interpret the rule books differently. Case in hand:
I have a very worn, yellowed and tattered Airworthiness Certificate. I called FSDO and asked if I could come in and exchange it for a new one whilst I wait. "No, you need to bring all the logbooks and we need to have an inspector go through them and see that she's in annual and complied with everything", was the answer. So all of a sudden I've now walked into a potential situation where if the inspector doesn't like the look of my face, or anything in the books (and you can always find something if you look hard enough on 50 year old planes), I'm now facing a full ramp inspection and/or grounding? Just because I wanted a newer copy of an AC I already have? No, I'll stick to the old tattered one, thanks so much.
Then, the FSDO up by my mechanic in NorCal said they'd do it straight away without having to look at logbooks.
Which is correct?
It seems like different FSDO's seem to interpret the rule books differently. Case in hand:
I have a very worn, yellowed and tattered Airworthiness Certificate. I called FSDO and asked if I could come in and exchange it for a new one whilst I wait. "No, you need to bring all the logbooks and we need to have an inspector go through them and see that she's in annual and complied with everything", was the answer. So all of a sudden I've now walked into a potential situation where if the inspector doesn't like the look of my face, or anything in the books (and you can always find something if you look hard enough on 50 year old planes), I'm now facing a full ramp inspection and/or grounding? Just because I wanted a newer copy of an AC I already have? No, I'll stick to the old tattered one, thanks so much.
Then, the FSDO up by my mechanic in NorCal said they'd do it straight away without having to look at logbooks.
Which is correct?