Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Leaseback

And this should go without saying, but when buying ANY SLSA, whether it be for leaseback or not, you need to make sure the company provides good US support by:

1.  Getting you parts quickly
2.  Writing LOAs quickly and without BS
3.  Speaking English
4.  Issuing SBs quickly and effectively when problems are discovered
5. Providing factory authorized solutions to problems listed in SBs

We've dealt with three rather large LSA companies an only one, Tecnam, has ever come through for us all points.  I can say from experience that it is a nightmare to try to manage an LSA as part of a flight school when you don't have these things.

Helen


Aug 27, 2009 09:11:17 AM, Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com wrote:

In trying to evaluate whether or not this option would really work for me (seems like a lot of things that work for others often don't for me!) I'm trying to determine how many hours/month would really get booked. Does anybody have any experience with leasebacks to local flight schools and would like to share their info? Also, in evaluating LSA's with either the Continental (2000 hr TBO) or the Rotax/Jabiru (1500 hr TBO) it would be helpful to learn if anybody knows just how much an overhaul costs for any of these engines. (It seems to me that, in a leaseback environment, it could be time to do the overhaul before you know it.) Thanks. folks. (By the way, planes being considered are the AMD Zodiac 650 (hoping for a quick FAA report), the Arion Lightning LS-1 and the Evektor Sport Star (used).



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