even though just dumping the plane at some company would be less hassle.
I’ve seen so much poor work and short cuts taken by people trying to make a living out of being a mechanic that I’d be too scared to do that. My stuff is too important to me for that, except perhaps for cars, for which I pay the shop and suffer the necessary consequences and ‘come backs’… On a car that by design requires a bare minimum of service.
On the planes, I do most of the detailed, time consuming work myself, with the IA available and used for consultation. The IA does the airframe and engine inspection – much of which I then repeat. He is not a professional and I am in no particular hurry… so we can do the job right.
