we just can't even break even on old cheap airplanes that are in such bad shape, and the owner has no means to get it to airworthy standards. Not new standards here, but airworthy standards. The checklist is published right there in the service manual. And I have yet to see a Mooney coming to our shop that says they used the entire Mooney factory checklist. It always says "referenced the factory checklist and accomplish the annual per FAR part 43 appendix D." ItThese are not the same things.
interestingly, Cirrus, there's a guy behind us who literally grafted the outboard section of a wing onto a Cirrus that was damaged in a taxi accident here a couple years ago.. Boat fiberglass and West Marine, 105 epoxy is what he's using to put it back together. Cirrus said it needs a detailed structural repair order that's gonna cost $13,000 to even generate. And I'm guessing, but I don't think he did that.