rotorwrench
Active member
I've found that aviation tends to bring out the latent ignorance in people, especially those just beginning the craft and those that come from highly successful backgrounds. I knew a person who built a company from a hole in the ground (seismic) into a mega million dollar enterprise, sold it, bought it back, and took toward a billion dollar company all by 40. Unfortunately, he just couldn't get it in his mind he shouldn't be doing inverted high speed passes, with pax, in his L-39 at tree top level. That is until one branch got in his way and he went out in one rather large smoking hole in the ground. Nobody could understand how such a brilliant, successful person could make such a stupid mistake.
FYI: The implication the mechanic hadn't released the aircraft is usually tied to there was no approval for return to service entry in the logbook. That's how I took it. Regardless, it falls to the pilot per Part 91 to verify that write up is in the record after maintenance was performed. So this guy was batting 0-2 on this flight.
Unless this shop was a CRS or the mechanic had previous 135/121 experience he might do it, but there is no SOP to tag. I would if it wasn't obvious but that was engrained from my 135 day job. Most 91 mechanics don't.
