Quote Originally Posted by 1600vw View Post
I understand you feel this subject is of no issue. But it is a really big deal to those who look to an A&P to do thier Condition Inspection. It is also a subject the EAA understands needs cleaned up. Homebuilders lack in the area of paper work. This is not me saying this but the EAA. If anyone watched those webinar the EAA posts they hit on this subject.

But from the responses to this post who cares? I believe the FAA cares as does the EAA.
I care when it matters, I don't care when it doesn't. It matters when I'm discussing an upcoming condition inspection with a new A&P (had the current one for three years now, we both know the drill) but it doesn't matter when I'm standing around with my buddies talking about airplanes. And I'm one of those who has to depend on an A&P, and have been bit by the "ADs applicable or not" confusion.

Saying "annual" instead of "condition inspection" is just verbal shorthand. A lot of pilots talk about compliance with the FARs, but, in reality, none of the FARs apply to homebuilt aircraft. I don't bother to correct them.... I know what they mean, and it doesn't bother me. It's just a useful shorthand.

Ron Wanttaja