(Continued from Part II) Step 4: ADs I warned you we’d get back to ADs! Virtually all aircraft have had one or more Airworthiness Directives issued against the type certificate. These are nothing more than formal recognition that a safety issue has … Continued
(Continued from Part I) Let’s move forward now assuming we have an airplane which is airworthy per these inspections, and has had all ADs complied with. Let’s consider the inevitable scenario in which the pilot discovers something which doesn’t look … Continued
Ask for a definition of ‘airworthiness‘ from ten different pilots, and chances are you’ll receive ten different responses. It’s a common stumbling block for pilots across the spectrum of experience and ratings. The purpose of this blog post is to … Continued