I couldn't care less were it the CEO, DO, DoM, Chief Bottle Washer, Head Lineboy, or King of Siam. I've never been particularly careful here or elsewhere in political matters; leave that to curtain climbing brass and yuppies. Call a spade a spade.
I have yet to see an airplane so poorly designed that it's meant only to fly ten hours a month. I have yet to see an aircraft that's limited to ten hours a month. I've yet to see an aircraft for which the manufacturer ever designed or intended only a ten hour a month useage.
I've heard from a number of your personnel this same excuse; "what can you expect from an aircraft that was only designed to fly a few hours a month?" Well, I'll tell you what you can expect. You can expect full airworthiness and performance, period, bar nothing. End of story.
If any of YOU expect anything LESS, then you're doing something very, very wrong. It either works, or it doesn't, period. If you are flying an aircraft which is not airworthy, if it isn't legal and safe, then you're in violation, and you're an idiot. Not to mention criminal.
If you're flying an aircraft that's legal and safe, then you have nothing about which to complain.
Either way, this isn't the forum to do it. Your company has channels within which to handle these issues. I don't believe for a minute that this is the place to whine, any more than a man should cry to those outside his marriage that his wife doesn't love him. What he should do is find a way to make himself a little more loveable, and if you're having internal problems in your company, then find a way to fix them internally. Coming here will do exactly squat for you.
Now this thread has been formed from sheer idiocy; it's made up of the bitter, the uninformed, the angry, and those who represent what at best is a fringe element to any operation. Most likely a number of the players aren't even employed there...some admit as much. Possibly one or more that have been fired or quit. If any of you fit in that category, then shut up already; you're free, you're out of there, let it go. You're going to have health problems if you keep up that level of consternation.
Regardless of your category, don't try to justify your acts by suggesting for one second that the aircraft is overutilized, and therefore one cannot expect or one can accept a lesser level of maintenance. If the aircraft flies more, then it will require more attention...however, it should never be in less than a fully airworthy condition. For those of you who are flying the line and crying about this, consider that both the first and last line of defense against flying an aircraft with issues is the PIC. If there's a problem in the cockpit or with the aircraft, then the person responsible for addressing this, and for refusing to fly it, is the PIC.
Don't blame the mechanic. Don't blame the company. If the aircraft is broken and you decide to fly it, then you have one person to blame. It's not the director of operations for your company, nor the CEO of the airframe manufacturer, nor the inspector who approved the fittings attached to your fuel controller. It's you. Don't justify, don't throw blame. If you accept it, it's all yours. If you can't accept it, then don't...but don't throw a fit about it. State the facts, handle it like a professional adult, and move on.
