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Depending on the engine and the defect, the chargeback can add 25 percent or more to the cost of the engine replacement. On four-cylinder engines, a rejected crankshaft will result in a $3,500 chargeback and an unserviceable crankcase will set you back $3,000. On the sixes, a bad crank is worth $4,500 and a faulty […]

The policy itself is nothing new. Lycoming has always reserved the right to charge back for exchange parts it considered unserviceable. What’s new is the company’s suddenly vigorous enforcement of the policy. In the past it was common for the company to look the other way when even an obviously flawed case or crank was […]

Expensive Chargebacks For Damaged Cranks, Cases If Santa left a factory-rebuilt Lycoming under the tree (hey, it could happen) don’t assume it’s free. Company brass have decided there is no Santa clause and what used to be free, isn’t anymore. In fact, it’s been about a year since Lycoming began strictly enforcing its exchange core […]

And in Germany, the government is considering turning almost three-quarters of its air traffic control system over to the private sector in a bid to raise money and make the system more flexible and competitive. Faz.net reported Friday that the government has approved a bill that would see 74.9 percent of the Deutsche Flugsiche-rung (DFS) […]

Meanwhile, it’s possible the FAA will have a surplus of a different kind of air traffic professional in 10 months and that might help it fill some of the current openings. The agency will soon decide whether to privatize flight service stations and it’s generally believed that regardless of who ends up running the FSS […]

48 Towers On List The political games should begin soon on how the FAA will redeploy resources to meet a looming controller crisis. AVweb has obtained a list of 48 airports that could see reduced service or even off-peak tower closures as the agency tries to put staff where it says it needs it and […]

Of course you don’t have to get down and dirty for a good cause. About 140 Michigan pilots took part in Operation Good Cheer this year to deliver a dozen truckloads of gifts throughout the state to foster children. This great excuse to fly began in 1980 (for pilots — the charity itself has been […]

The Bare Essentials Of Giving Call an easyJet pilot a good stick and you may get more than you bargained for. Those saucy British have been at it again, baring all for charity calendars, and this time around it’s a bunch of jet jockeys, minus the jockeys. “It isn’t every day you can wander around […]

Then there are some who say that there is no shortage of controllers — just a shortage of will (and/or money) to hire them. Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization Inc. (PATCO) President Ron Taylor pointed out that when then-President Clinton lifted the ban against hiring controllers fired in 1981 by then-President Reagan (thus precipitating the […]

Carr said the union will “trump” a component of the plan that will cut hours of operations at 34 yet-to-be-named towers. He said reducing service will inevitably lead to flight delays, and the report acknowledges that if the hiring goals are not met, safety considerations will take precedence over capacity. “We need to tell the […]