AD, Service Bulletin, and the feedback loop

[Toobuilder]

Sam's post (#6) is dead on. The responsibility is with each of us and we - not the lack of a "system" - are the primary failure. This and other sites are a wealth of valuable information, but there are questions posted here every day that make my A&P head spin. These are questions that could easily be answered with a quick trip through 43.13 or any number of other basic, fundamental books, yet people still want to be spoon fed. It is the unwillingness to learn that is the problem.

I'm not going to speculate on the recent tragedy, but I can say with a fair amount of certainty that RV's do not come apart in midair without something seriously wrong. I?d go further to say that Tony either missed some previously existing defect or was the once in a million victim of something like a bird strike. Neither one of these circumstances will be fixed by any ?system? or data repository as long as humans have the freedom to ignore it.

We in the homebuilt world have great freedom ? but as they say, that brings great responsibility. IMHO, we do not even touch the resources that exist today, so adding more info just adds another opportunity for people to ignore.

[grubbat]

Building a database based on the existing contributions from 2005 sounds great.
I wished I had the capability or time to learn to undertake that.

By the way, I wouldn't want to propose anything that takes the responsibility from us to ensure our planes are airworthy. Having access to better and more efficient flow of information shouldn't hinder our responsibility, but rather, hopefully help it.

[Toobuilder]

Originally Posted by grubbat

... Having access to better and more efficient flow of information shouldn't hinder our responsibility, but rather, hopefully help it.

No doubt it would. My point is simply that we have GREAT information today - and still fail to take responsibility to learn it. Lack of information is not the root cause. Lack of action is.