Unfortunately, I can't give you any insight on how to proceed, but we (my wife and I) received our letter a couple of days ago, as many others have and will. It kind of crystalized the issue for us. The letter along with all the information we've consumed (testing, analysis, expert commentary) along with our own experiences has led us to a different perspective. I'm 84, my wife is 72. Between us we have thousands of hours of military, commercial and general aviation flying. We built an 8A that we've been flying for 10 years. We like these airplanes. I'm still angry about the management malpractices, but first we save the company then we form the firing squads. Our build is essentially complete (90% and 90%). When you strip the second paragraph down to its essentials, it says you MAY have these parts in your wing. So I ask myself in a kind of Clint Eastwood paraphrase : "okay, punk, do you think you're lucky enough to partially de-rivet wings, flaps and ailerons, remove and replace parts and re-rivet, and have components that are better than what stands before you now? Well do ya, punk?" Politely, the answer is no. Agony abounds in the community, but we're going to avoid it. We will finish and fly. The aircraft will certainly outlive me and perhaps my wife. When selling or auctioning time comes around, people probably won't even know what LCP stands for.
