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" This engine really needs to be removed
and sent out for overhaul, " Maurice told
Oliver. " We cannot sign it off as airworthy. "
When Oliver protested that he couldn't see
how a cylinder problem could justify tearing
down the engine, Maurice said, " Bring
the FAA in if you want. " He then suggested
that if Oliver was unwilling to authorize the
shop to do what was necessary to make the
airplane safe, he might have no choice but
to move the airplane out of the shop in its
disassembled state.
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Once again, Oliver sought out Isaac to get
his take on all this. Isaac showed Oliver the
issue with the eroded number one exhaust
flange and said he didn't believe an overhaul
was necessary unless something serious was
uncovered when the number one cylinder
was removed. At that point, Maurice walked
into the hangar, spotted Oliver and Isaac
conversing, and got visibly upset.
" Damn it, all I'm trying to do is save
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your a**! " Maurice bellowed at Oliver.
Maurice then turned to Isaac. " Get this
[expletives deleted] airplane out of my
hangar and off my airport! " he screamed.
Six cartons of parts were boxed up and
placed inside the Debonair, whereupon it
was removed from the maintenance shop
and towed to a community storage hangar.
Later that day, Oliver received the oil
and filter analysis results from Aviation
Laboratories. The oil analysis was completely
normal. The filter analysis found
trace amounts of steel and aluminum,
with a recommendation that another filter
analysis be done at the next scheduled
oil change. Oliver emailed these reports to
Isaac and Maurice.
Over the weekend, Oliver went to the
community storage hangar to view his disassembled
Debonair with the six cartons of
parts inside. He satisfied himself that the
airplane was secure and undamaged. On
Monday, Oliver called Maurice and asked
whether he had reviewed the oil and filter
lab reports. " No, and it doesn't matter, "
replied Maurice. " There was metal in the
filter so the engine needs to be overhauled. "
Better call Saul
It was at this point that I received a phone
call from Oliver and disbelievingly listened
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to his extraordinary tale. " Can you help
me? " he asked. My company generally
doesn't like to take on new clients in the
middle of an annual inspection, particularly
a contentious one. " We're a lot better
at preventing eggs from breaking than at
unbreaking them once they've broken, "
I said. Yet, I just didn't have the heart to
leave Oliver in the lurch.
I set up a call with my technical director
Jeff Iskierka and my quality assurance
manager Eric Svelmoe, both A&P/IAs, to
fill them in on Oliver's predicament. " Guys,
can we help him? " Jeff and Eric instantly
agreed that we had to try.
Jeff normally assigns each new
SavvyMx client to one of our 30 veteran
A&P/IA account managers. " I'm going
to handle this one myself, " Jeff said. He
assigned A&P/IA Mark Reed as the backup
manager so he could take over once
things were under control. Getting this
mess straightened out was going to take
some serious diplomacy.
Jeff reached out to both Maurice and
Isaac by telephone. Isaac struck Jeff as an
excellent young IA who was really trying to
do the right thing for Oliver. Maurice was
nice enough to Jeff on the phone, but was
clearly stuck in the " overhaul or else " position
and not interested in helping Oliver.
" Maurice, we would never ask you to
sign off an airplane as airworthy that you
weren't comfortable with, " Jeff said. " All
we're asking is that you agree to reassemble
the airplane so that we can obtain a
ferry permit and move it to another shop. "
Maurice was unwilling to do that.
Jeff subtly felt out Isaac to see if he
might be willing to help get the Debonair
reassembled to ferry on a moonlighting
basis. Isaac sounded sympathetic, but he
wasn't willing to cross Maurice and put his
day job at risk. There were no other shops
or mechanics on the airport.
Sabotage?
Jeff searched Savvy's extensive database
looking for shops within easy driving distance
that might be willing to help. It
didn't take him long to find several. Jeff set
up an appointment for one mechanic to
meet Oliver at the community hangar. But
the appointment came and went, and the
mechanic didn't show up. Jeff contacted
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